Chapa v. State

If you’ll pardon an expression I use “Col- or me amazed one more time.” The majority holds that the appellant, a fare in a taxicab, had a legitimate expectation of privacy in, and hence standing, to challenge the search of the area of the front seat of the taxicab, even though he disclaimed ownership of the heroin found there.

Prior to trial appellant filed a motion to suppress evidence claiming his arrest was without warrant or probable cause and the evidence seized was obtained illegally. At the hearing on said motion the State asked that the appellant first establish his “standing” to…