State of Texas v. Granville, Anthony

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1095-12 THE STATE OF TEXAS v. ANTHONY GRANVILLE, Appellee ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS WALKER COUNTY K EASLER, J., filed a dissenting opinion. DISSENTING OPINION This case asks us to decide whether Granville retained a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of his cell phone, which was seized by police during booking and stored in a jail property room. The majority holds that he did retain such an expectation, on the basis that the contents of a cell phone deserve heightened…