WHALEY v. STATE

No. 740-82.

686 S.W.2d 950 (1985)

Scott Mathews WHALEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

March 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Karen Chilton Beverly, Deborah E. Farris and Royce West, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S MOTION FOR REHEARING ON PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine. Punishment was assessed at four years, probated. The Dallas Court of Appeals, addressing the sole ground of error raised, reversed appellant's conviction on the basis that the warrantless arrest and search were invalid in that the officers lacked probable cause. Whaley v. State, 638 S.W.2d...

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