Cerda v. State

OPINION

RODRIGUEZ, Justice.

Appellant, Sandra Garcia Cerda, was convicted for possession of marijuana and sentenced to twenty years confinement. On appeal, appellant raised six points of error. We reversed and remanded after finding that the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellant’s motion to suppress. See Cerda v. State, 951 S.W.2d 119, 121-22 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1997), vacated, 975 S.W.2d 635 (Tex.Crim.App.1998). We determined that the evidence was illegally seized because the officer conducted a warrantless search of appellant’s automobile without the existence of exigent…