Legal Opinion
Schmidt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 5, 1983No. 67294PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MILLER, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of cocaine. The punishment was assessed at 20 years imprisonment.
Appellant challenges the validity of the search warrant used by police officers who searched his automobile and seized the cocaine which was found inside a locked suitcase in the locked trunk. Appellant contends the affidavit on which the search warrant was based is defective. Therefore, he contends, admission of evidence thereunder was error.
The affidavit for search warrant, in pertinent part, is as follows:
“1. THERE IS IN DALLAM COUNTY, TEXAS, A SUSPECTED…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Gish v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Heredia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Peltier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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3Cited by78 opinions
- Cassias v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Bower v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Faulder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
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