Legal Opinion
Crockett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 6, 1991No. 172-90PublishedCited by 220 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
TEAGUE, Judge.
Appellant was charged with possessing marihuana in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, Art. 4476-15, § 4.051(a), V.A.C.S. 1 Before trial he sought to suppress the physical evidence, a suitcase containing approximately nineteen pounds of marihuana, alleging that it was seized in violation of rights secured to him by the Constitutions of Texas (Art. I, § 9) and the United States (Fourth Amendment). The trial judge ordered a full evidentiary hearing on the question, during which the following story emerged.
On February…
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