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Jones v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
Nov 21, 1990
799 S.W.2d 263 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 976-88.

November 21, 1990.

Appeal from County Criminal Court At Law No. 11, Harris County, David Mendoza, J.

Renato Santos, Jr. Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., and Carol M. Cameron and Mark Frazier, 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


Appellant was found guilty by a jury of the misdemeanor offense of unlawfully carrying a weapon. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Section 46.02. The trial court assessed punishment at ten days' confinement in the Harris County Jail, plus a $500.00 fine. On appeal appellant asserted that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress certain oral statements made after his arrest. See Article 38.22, Section 3(a), V.A.C.C.P. The Houston Court of Appeals [Fourteenth District] overruled appellant's contention and affirmed his conviction, holding that the oral statements were admissible under Article 38.22, Section 3(c), V.A.C.C.P. Jones v. State, 756 S.W.2d 376 (Tex.App. — Houston [14th Dist.] 1988). We granted appellant's petition for discretionary review to determine whether the Court of Appeals correctly sustained the trial court's denial of appellant's motion to suppress.

In light of this Court's holding in Port v. State, 791 S.W.2d 103 (Tex.Cr.App. 1990), we now find that our decision to grant review was improvidently granted. Tex.R.App.P. 202(k).

Accordingly, appellant's petition for discretionary review is dismissed.

TEAGUE and MILLER, JJ., dissent.

BERCHELMANN and STURNS, JJ., not participating.


Summaries of

Jones v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
Nov 21, 1990
799 S.W.2d 263 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990)
Case details for

Jones v. State

Case Details

Full title:Jonathan David JONES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc

Date published: Nov 21, 1990

Citations

799 S.W.2d 263 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990)