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Pennywell v StateApril 23, 2003No. 1182-02 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. 1182-02 BRIAN KEITH PENNYWELL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANTS PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY Per Curiam. O P I N I O N A jury convicted Appellant of burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit theft. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code § 30.02(a)(1). After finding the two enhancement allegations to be true, the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for thirty-five years. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction after finding that Appellant had no standing to contest the search of a stolen bag and that Appellant's thirty-five-year punishment was permissible as he stipulated to the two enhancement paragraphs. Pennywell v. State, 84 S.W.3d. 841 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st. Dist] 2002). Appellant has filed a petition for discretionary review. In Appellants petition, he contends the Court of Appeals erred by failing to address every issue raised in his brief. In his first point of error, he alleged, in part, that he had been illegally detained and that, therefore, the search and seizure of the complained-of bag and its contents should have been suppressed as the fruit of that illegal detention. Because this ground was necessary to final disposition of the appeal, the Court of Appeals was required to address it. Tex. R. App. P. 47.1. We agree. Therefore, we grant Appellants petition for discretionary review, and remand the case to the Court of Appeals for reconsideration of Appellant's first point of error that is necessary to a final disposition of the appeal. Rule 47.1. DELIVERED: April 23, 2003 This information is made available as a free public service for your personal, non-commercial use. While every effort has been made to provide accurate material at this site, it is provided "as is" and no representations are made that it is free of mistakes or inaccuracies. This file was derived from the text posted on the web site of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, by the automatic operation of conversion software, and may contain errors. Baker's Legal Pages are a public service of Freelance Enterprises, Inc.
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