Legal Opinion
State v. Mercado
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided June 9, 1999No. 08-96-00008-CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
The State appeals the suppression of evidence relating to the possession of a controlled substance. Declining to follow Autran v. State and concluding that the Texas Constitution does not afford any greater protection against unreasonable search and seizure than the Fourth Amendment, we reverse the trial court’s ruling.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
On May 18,1995, El Paso Police Officers Losinski and Hill stopped Luis Roberto Mercado on a downtown street for failure to yield the right-of-way and nearly causing an accident at an intersection. Losin-ski approached Mercado…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Miller v. FentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Illinois v. LafayetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- State v. MercadoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sandoval v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2001
- Rothenberg v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
- Benjamin Fred Clark v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2004
- Eric Lee Rothenberg v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
- Kurtis Leonel Otto v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2005
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