Meekins v. State

340 S.W.3d 454 (2011)

David O. MEEKINS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. PD-0261-10.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 4, 2011.

Kristopher Paul Espino, Lubbock, for Appellant.

Kollin Shadle, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Lubbock, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Attorney, Austin, for the State.

OPINION

COCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J. and WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ., joined.

An officer stopped appellant's car for a traffic offense and, during that stop, asked if he could search the car. The officer said that appellant consented. During a…