Taylor v. State

OPINION

JACK SMITH, Justice.

The trial court convicted appellant of possession of cocaine and assessed his punishment at two years confinement. Appellant brings two grounds of error on appeal.

In his first ground of error, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion to suppress. He urges that the warrantless search of his automobile was not made incident to his lawful arrest.

The arresting officer testified that he and his partner saw appellant driving his pickup truck down the wrong side of a two-way residential street in Houston. As appellant turned onto another…