Legal Opinion
State v. Guzman
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided June 18, 1997No. 13-95-525-CR, 13-95-527-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DORSEY, Justice.
The State of Texas appeals from a ruling of the trial court suppressing all evidence obtained through a seizure and search of appellees Eloy and Blanca Estella Guzman’s 1 truck in the State’s case against them for third degree felony possession of marihuana. 2 We affirm.
Appellees were stopped on U.S. Highway 77 north of Sinton, Texas by Department of Public Safety Trooper Jerry Byrd when he noticed that the windows of their truck appeared to be too darkly tinted. Trooper Byrd spoke with Eloy Guzman, the driver of the truck, who told him that Guzman and his family were…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Romero v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. GuzmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Cerda v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
- Cerda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Cerda v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Forty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Eighty Dollars U. S. Currency v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2013
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