Porter v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.
Porter appeals his conviction for misdemeanor evading arrest or detention. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 38.04(a) (Vernon 2003); cf. id. (b) (Vernon 2003). We affirm.
Sufficiency of the Evidence. In Porter’s first two issues, he contends that the evidence was insufficient. Porter argues that “Officer Blackshear’s continued detention of [Porter] was in violation of the Fourth Amendment.” 1 (Br. at 17); see U.S. Const, amend. IV.
The Texas Penal Code creates the offense of evading arrest or detention in the following terms: “A person commits an offense if he…
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