Burks v. State

Betty C. Dickey, Justice.

Appellant James Burks was convicted of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, sentenced to a prison term of twenty years, and fined fifty thousand dollars. Before trial, he moved to suppress drug evidence that the police had seized from his car after a traffic stop on an interstate highway. The trial court denied the motion, and Burks now appeals. He argues that the traffic stop was invalid, either because it was not supported by probable cause or because it was the product of racial profiling, and that his continued detention while the police ran a drug dog…