Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Larry Darnell Nelson, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

November 12, 19801980 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1449

Summary

The Court affirmed the burglary conviction, holding that the Fourth Amendment does not require exclusion of evidence obtained by a private citizen, that errors not raised at trial cannot be raised on appeal, and that testimony from a prior motion to suppress may be read to the jury for impeachment purposes.