Legal Opinion
Pope v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided August 1, 1985No. 01-84-0614-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EVANS, Chief Justice.
A jury convicted the appellant of the misdemeanor offense of unlawfully carrying a handgun and assessed his punishment at 6 months confinement.
In three grounds of error, the appellant contends that (a) his warrantless arrest was illegal; (b) that his oral admission to the investigating officer was inadmissible; and (c) that the state failed to prove a chain of custody establishing his possession of the weapon.
About 10 p.m., on June 1984, the appellant approached a security guard at an automobile dealership in southwest Houston. The appellant told the guard he had…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Armstrong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Ebarb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Blake Alan Cotton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2015
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