JONES v. STATE

No. 57631.

568 S.W.2d 847 (1978)

Jessie Ray JONES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John H. Hagler, and J. Russell Ormesher, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, for the State.


Rehearing En Banc Denied July 19, 1978.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder.1 The jury answered the three special issues prescribed by Article 37.071(b), Vernon's Ann.C.C.P., in the affirmative; accordingly, punishment was imposed at death.

The appellant contends that he was unlawfully arrested and therefore that the trial judge improperly allowed into evidence the fruits...

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