Ramirez v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of carrying a weapon on licensed premises. Punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, was assessed at life in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant raises six grounds of error. The State did not file a brief.

In his first ground of error, appellant contends that his warrantless arrest was based upon an illegal search and that the handgun seized as a result of that search should not have been admitted into evidence. Since the question of whether a warrantless arrest or search is constitutionally valid can be…