Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 5/3/1989

Rogers v. State

Citations

774 S.W.2d 247
1989 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 86
1989 WL 43231

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holding that though a crime may be alleged in the conjunctive, proof of one or the other of the conjoined acts was enough to support conviction
reiterating that “searches of a person and the area within his immediate control are excepted from the requirement of a warrant when incident to a lawful arrest”
finding that search of appellant’s sock after he was lawfully arrested and taken to the sheriff’s office was valid because “appellant was still in custody of the arresting officers”
remarking that “deliberate” is not a statutory element of murder
stating searches of person and area within person = s immediate control are excepted from warrant requirement when incident to lawful arrest of such person and otherwise proper in scope
statute has been construed to mean that refusing a timely request to reopen to produce relevant and admissible evidence is reversible error

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Judges: Teague, Clinton, Duncan, Davis, Miller

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