Vennus v. State

OPINION

KELLER, P.J., JOHNSON, KEASLER, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN JJ., joined.

Appellant was convicted of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance weighing between four and 200 grams and was sentenced, as an habitual offender with two prior drug-related felony convictions, to twenty-five years’ confinement. We address whether appellant, as the losing party at a motion to suppress hearing in the trial court, may complain on appeal that the State failed to carry its burden to prove for Fourth Amendment purposes, the reasonableness of appellant’s detention and search of his car by the…