Affatato v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.
Appellant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced to eight years’ probation. At a pre-trial hearing, the trial court denied appellant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained from his rented garage unit. In his sole point of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting the evidence because it was gathered in an illegal search outside the scope of the search warrant. We overrule this point and affirm the conviction.
BACKGROUND
On September 3, 2003, police officers were dispatched to…
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