BENNETT v. STATE

No. 230-85.

702 S.W.2d 622 (1985)

William BENNETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Dean Roper, Jeff Blackburn, Amarillo, for appellant.

Danny E. Hill, Dist. Atty., and Daniel L. McBride, Asst. Dist. Atty., Amarillo, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


Appellant's petition for discretionary review refused.

CLINTON, J., dissents and is joined by TEAGUE and MILLER, JJ.

CLINTON, Judge, dissenting.

In deciding whether a confession taken from appellant was fatally tainted by events preceding it the Amarillo Court of Appeals resolved two constitutional challenges under one analysis "because appellant's protections under the Art. 1, § 9 are the same as his Fourth Amendment protections. Brown...

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