Legal Opinion
Wiede v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 31, 2007No. PD-748-05PublishedCited by 1,189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.
KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
With officers standing nearby, David Edwin Wiede was observed hiding a plastic bag in his car shortly after he was in an accident. A search yielded methamphetamine, which Wiede moved to suppress. The trial judge denied the motion, but the court of appeals reversed. 1 We hold that the court faded to give appropriate deference to the trial judge’s fact-findings and that it erred in finding that the search was unsupported by probable cause.
Facts and Trial Court Proceedings
In 1997, a jury found Wiede guilty of the second…
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