Legal Opinion

Yaws v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided February 6, 2001No. 06-99-00139-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROSS, Justice.

Joel Yaws appeals from his conviction for possession of cocaine in an amount less than one gram. Yaws filed a pretrial motion to suppress the cocaine, which the trial court overruled. Thereafter, he entered a conditional guilty plea pursuant to a plea agreement, reserving his right to appeal. The trial court found him guilty and sentenced him to two years’ confinement, but suspended the imposition of the sentence and placed him on five years’ community supervision. Yaws contends the trial court erred in overruling his suppression motion.

Yaws was arrested at the business…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Carmouche v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Romero v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  4. Colorado v. BertineSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Cornelius Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  2. Castleberry v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2002
  3. Denetra Marie Harris v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2015
  4. Gary Edward Riddle v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003
  5. Gary Edward Riddle v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003

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