Legal Opinion
State v. Molder
Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
Decided February 24, 2011No. 02-09-00385-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TERRIE LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.
In four related points, the State appeals the trial court’s order granting appellee Cory Ray Molder’s motion to suppress evidence that the police found in his truck. The State contends that officers found the evidence during a legal inventory. We affirm.
Background Facts
One morning in June 2009, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper Earl (“Dub”) Gillum Jr. stopped at a gas station to wash his windshield. While Trooper Gillum was there, Denisa Rud-nicky, a clerk from the station, walked outside, began talking to Trooper Gillum, and received a…
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