Legal Opinion
State v. Medrano
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 6, 2002No. 527-99PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., KEASLER, HERVEY, and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
The issue in this case is whether article 44.01(a)(5)1 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure permits the State to bring a pretrial appeal of an adverse ruling on a motion to suppress evidence when the trial court does not conclude that the evidence was “illegally obtained.” Although this Court, in State v. Roberts, 940 S.W.2d 655 (Tex.Crim.App.1996), held that the State cannot appeal a pretrial evidentiary ruling unless the defendant claims that the evidence was “illegally obtained,” neither the language of the statute…
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