PEARSON v. STATE

No. 68519.

657 S.W.2d 120 (1983)

Jerry PEARSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott E. Segall, El Paso, for appellant.

Steve W. Simmons, Dist. Atty. and Coll Bramblett, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, Robert Huttash, State's Atty. and Alfred Walker, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of possession of heroin; the punishment, enhanced by a prior felony conviction, is imprisonment for 10 years.

The appellant urges that his warrantless arrest was unlawful, and the heroin obtained was erroneously admitted in evidence.

Even if probable cause for his arrest existed, the appellant argues that there is no evidence to show that he was about to escape...

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