Rodriquez v. State

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

Appellant Gilberto Rodriquez was convicted by a jury of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, 320 pounds of cocaine, and was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined $250,000.00. He argues on appeal that the trial court erred in not granting his motion to suppress since the traffic stop of the vehicle he was driving was a pretext and not based on probable cause, resulting instead from an impermissible “profile stop” that rendered the subsequent warrantless and otherwise unjustified search of the vehicle unlawful. Appellant further argues his…