Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 13, 2007No. PD-0534-05PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ.,
joined.
Appellant called 911 and asked the police to come to her home because she had just shot her husband in self-defense. The police came and found her husband dead on the living room floor. While appellant sat in a patrol car, officers conducted a preliminary investigation, took photographs, made notes, and gathered up the appellant’s gun. At trial appellant argued that the evidence obtained during this initial investigation should be suppressed because the officers did not have a warrant. The court of appeals held that…
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