Legal Opinion
State v. Elias
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 6, 2011No. PD-0735-10PublishedCited by 238 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
in which MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
In this felony prosecution for possession of marihuana, the State appealed from the trial court’s grant of the appellee’s motion to suppress evidence that the appellee contended was obtained as a result of an illegal traffic stop. The El Paso Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s ruling in an unpublished opinion, holding that the appellee’s initial detention was not justified by specific articulable facts to show that a traffic violation occurred, and that the search could not be otherwise justified by the fact that, after…
3Cases cited29 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
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4Cited by238 opinions
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