(Download) "Charles Douglas Hawkins v. State Texas" by Third District, Austin Court of Appeals of Texas ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Charles Douglas Hawkins v. State Texas
- Author : Third District, Austin Court of Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 21, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
Description
This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of possession of a controlled substance, to-wit: heroin. After the jury found as "true" the allegation of two prior felony convictions, the punishment was assessed at life imprisonment. On appeal the conviction was affirmed by the Ft. Worth Court of Appeals. Hawkins v. State, 644 S.W.2d 764 (Tex.App.-Ft. Worth 1983). That court found the trial court did not err in failing to suppress the introduction of contraband abandoned in the course of what appellant avers to have been an illegal arrest, detention or stop. We granted appellants petition for discretionary review to determine the correctness of that decision, given the facts of this particular case.