State v. Jorge Louis Verde

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

“For want of a nail the kingdom was lost.” That summary of an old proverb 1 is particularly apt to the cases before us involving Jorge Louis Verde. Verde might have his community supervision revoked in eight cases 2 because of contraband found in his house. The search that resulted in the discovery of the contraband was based on a warrant, which, in turn, was issued based on an affidavit by Detective Shane Stone. The trial court has now ordered the contraband suppressed based on its findings that Stone’s affidavit deliberately misled the warrant-issuing…