Matienza v. State

VANCE, Justice.

Appellant, Julio Matienza, was convicted of unlawful possession of cocaine, a controlled substance, and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. In two grounds of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred by overruling his motion to suppress evidence allegedly tainted by an illegal arrest. We need not determine whether the complained-of detention was a “seizure” within the meaning of United States Constitution Amendments IV, XIV, or, if so, whether the seizure, if any, was legal because we hold that an intervening criminal act purged the taint of any illegality in the…