Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 28, 2012No. PD-0676-11PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeller, P.J.
in which PRICE, KEASLER, HERVEY and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
The search-warrant affidavit in this case was imprecise as to the timing of the events it described. We hold that the affidavit nevertheless sufficiently supported the issuance of the search warrant, primarily because it suggested a continuing criminal operation. We shall affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.
I. BACKGROUND
At 12:24 a.m. on November 6, 2007, Officer Allen Bjerke of the Texas City Police Department Special Crimes Unit obtained a warrant from a magistrate to search appellant’s residence. The warrant was supported by a…
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