STANTON v. STATE

No. 1200-84.

743 S.W.2d 233 (1988)

James STANTON, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

January 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Jones, Amarillo, for appellant.

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


OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant contends that the jury's verdict finding him guilty of aggravated robbery must be reversed because his warrantless arrest was unlawful under Texas law. Appellant argues that his confession which was given right after this unlawful arrest should therefore have been excluded as a product of an illegal warrantless arrest. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals held that the warrantless...

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