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POWELL v. STATE

No. 2-81-199-CR.

636 S.W.2d 863 (1982)

Bobby POWELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

July 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard & Van Meter and Don Leonard, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., and Joe C. Lockhart, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, for the State.

Before HUGHES, RICHARD L. BROWN and HOLMAN, JJ.

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice.

A jury found Bobby Powell guilty of voluntary manslaughter and assessed his punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for a term of 20 years.

We affirm.

Appellant's first ground of error is that evidence of blood and a knife were improperly admitted into evidence due to the fact that these items were obtained through an illegal search and seizure.

After the decedent's body was found...

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