HARRIS v. STATE

No. 01-90-00845-CR.

827 S.W.2d 49 (1992)

Latasha Deorisha HARRIS, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

March 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Yarborough, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., Calvin Hartmann, Randall Ayers, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before TREVATHAN, C.J., and COHEN and O'CONNOR, JJ.


OPINION

O'CONNOR, Justice.

This Court is asked to determine whether the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a "Terry" frisk for weapons. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). We find that it did and reverse.

Latasha Deorisha Harris, the appellant, was charged with possessing a controlled substance, namely cocaine, weighing less than...

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