Legal Opinion

Tores v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 5, 1975No. 49125PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed at life. This is a companion to the case of Wood v. State, 515 S.W.2d 300 (Tex.Cr.App.1974).

Most of appellant’s complaints are based on his contention that he was illegally arrested, and therefore evidence found and his fingerprints and his confession taken after his arrest could not be used against him.

Officer John Palich testified that at approximately 3:00 a. m. he saw an automobile that did not stop at a stop sign at an intersection in Dallas County. He stopped the automobile and appellant was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Davis v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. State v. RileyOregon Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Wimberly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  5. Grego v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. United States v. Ben Lee Basey, Armando Jose Lopez, and Oscar Quirarte Ponce, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  2. Azeez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  3. Borner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Howard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Satterwhite v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987

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