COATS v. STATE

No. 2-87-211-CR.

769 S.W.2d 724 (1989)

Billy Eugene COATS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

May 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pete Gilfeather, Weatherford, for Appellant.

Amy Ayers Adams, Dist. Atty. and Christopher A. Curtis, Asst., and Donald Schnebley, Asst. Weatherford, for State.

Before HILL, FARRIS and MEYERS, JJ.


OPINION

FARRIS, Justice.

Billy Eugene Coats was convicted by a jury of possession of less than twenty-eight grams of methamphetamine and sentenced to fifteen years in the Texas Department of Corrections. See TEX.REV.CIV.STAT. ANN. art. 4476-15, sec. 4.041 (Vernon Supp.1989).

Coats raises six points of error on appeal. In points one and two, Coats complains the trial court erred in admitting evidence seized as a result of an illegal, pretextual...

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