State v. Scheineman

PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.

The State appeals the trial court’s order granting the motion to suppress filed by the defendant, Michael August Scheine-man (“Scheineman”). By granting the motion, the trial court suppressed a video tape recorded conversation between Scheineman and his co-defendant, Jose Angel Trevino. The State contends that the trial court erred in granting the motion because Scheineman did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the room at the Kerr County Law Enforcement Building where the conversation was recorded. Because the officer’s actions deliberately created…