Zertuche v. State

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of unlawful possession of cocaine and assessed punishment at three years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections and a one thousand dollar fine. Appellant brings forth five points of error. We reverse the conviction.

On March 4, 1988, at 4 a.m., police officers observed appellant driving ninety-seven miles per hour in a fifty mile per hour zone. The officers pursued appellant and pulled up behind him when he stopped in a dimly lit parking lot. Appellant exited the vehicle and, leaving his car door open, walked toward the…