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VASQUEZ v. STATE

No. 053-84.

739 S.W.2d 37 (1987)

Michael VASQUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry P. Urquhart, court appointed on appeal, Brenham, Allen C. Isbell, on appeal only Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., Timothy G. Taft and George Lambright, Asst. District Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

After appellant was certified as an adult, he was convicted of capital murder and assessed a mandatory life sentence. V.T. C.A., Penal Code, Section 8.07(d). On direct appeal, he contended that his confession and a monogramed cigarette lighter belonging to the deceased were improperly admitted into evidence as both were fruits of an illegal warrantless arrest. The Court of Appeals...

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