Legal Opinion

Heather Thomas v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided December 13, 2013No. 07-11-00067-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MACKEY K. HANCOCK, Justice.

Appellant, Heather Thomas, appeals her conviction for possession of marijuana 1 and subsequent sentence of confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (ID-TDCJ) for 78 months. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in overruling her motion to suppress the evidence of the search. We will reverse and remand.

Factual and Procedural Background

This case is before the Court on remand from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Previously, we held that appellant had waived her objection to the trial court’s ruling…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. United States v. ArvizuSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. Jose Luis Cortez, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2015
  2. State v. CortezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  3. Brandon Kurtis Jewell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2014
  4. Christopher Lee Cuttrell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2016
  5. Dale Dewayne Fisher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015

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