Legal Opinion
State v. Ozuna
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided January 22, 2003No. 04-01-00407-CRPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
PAUL W. GREEN, Justice.
After being indicted for drug charges, Benito Ozuna filed a motion to suppress the fruits of a search warrant. The trial court granted the motion to suppress, finding the affidavit supporting the warrant did not contain probable cause. The State appeals the ruling.
Background
Detective Scott McDonald applied for a search warrant, attaching his notarized statement regarding his suspicions that Ozuna and his brother possessed heroin and stolen property at Ozuna’s residence. Detective McDonald’s affidavit explained that in January 2000, Detective McDonald stopped…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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