Legal Opinion
Smyth v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 23, 1982No. 61769PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
ROBERTS, Judge.
Our prior opinions are withdrawn.
The county criminal court found the appellant guilty of possession of a usable quantity of marihuana in an amount of less than 2 ounces, and assessed a punishment of 30 days’ confinement (probated for 6 months) and a $150 fine. The appellant’s only ground of error is that testimony about the marihuana should have been excluded, since it was the fruit of an illegal arrest.
On May 8, 1978, Irving Police Officer Weeger noticed that the appellant had stopped her car at an intersection, but that no brake…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Shadwick v. City of TampaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Benavides v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
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3Cited by36 opinions
- DeGarmo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
- McGlothlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Murdock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Sammie Felder, Jr. v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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