Legal Opinion
Vargas v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided April 19, 2000No. 10-98-243-CRPublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TOM GRAY, Justice.
A car was stopped by troopers of the Department of Public Safety because it had no front license plate. Neither driver nor passenger could specifically say where they were going, who they were seeing or where they were staying. The driver acted nervous. A warning citation was issued for the license plate violation. The driver was then asked for consent to search the vehicle. He orally consented to the search. A trooper found a substance he thought was cocaine in packages that were in a gold pillow, inside a terry-cloth bag. The driver and the passenger were arrested.…
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