HARRIS v. STATE

No. 41684.

435 S.W.2d 502 (1968)

Andrew HARRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmett Colvin, Jr., Dallas, on appeal only, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Charles Caperton, Cecil Emerson, Kerry P. FitzGerald, Malcolm Dade and Camille Elliott, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery with firearms; the punishment, ninety-nine years.

As ground for reversal, it is contended that:

"The arrest of appellant, being illegal in violation of the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the taking of appellant's fingerprints upon arrest was the `fruit of the poisonous tree' and thus...

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