MORRIS v. STATE

No. 941-85.

739 S.W.2d 63 (1987)

Thomas MORRIS, III, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Baird (Court-appointed on appeal only), Michael B. Charlton, Cathy Greene Burnett, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., and Winston E. Cochran, Rusty Hardin and Karen Zellars, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

A jury convicted the appellant of felony theft. V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 31.03. Appellant then pled true to the enhancement paragraph in the indictment. The jury assessed the appellant's punishment at 20 years' confinement, and a fine of $740.00.

Before the Court of Appeals, the appellant argued that the warrantless and unlawful nature of his arrest for unauthorized use of a...

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