MERRIWEATHER v. STATE

No. 46663.

501 S.W.2d 887 (1973)

Virgil Lee MERRIWEATHER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill A. Davis, Lubbock, for appellant.

Blair Cherry, Jr., Dist. Atty., and Bob Odom, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction of robbery by firearms; the punishment was assessed at thirty (30) years.

Appellant contends in his initial ground of error that "the district court erred in overruling defendant's objection to the introduction of the ring into evidence where there was no probable cause shown for the search and seizure by the arresting officers that produced the ring."

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