Croker v. State

While I concur in the second division of the opinion and in the judgment of reversal, I do not agree that the search of the defendant’s automobile without a warrant was reasonable within the meaning of the constitutional safegaurd. I consider the question important because the decision in this case is tantamount to a holding that any police officer in this State may break and enter any automobile where the driver or an occupant is temporarily absent, justifying after the event on the ground that the car has been “abandoned.”

Sandel v. State, 253 SW2d 283, cited in the majority opinion, is not…