Legal Opinion
State v. Weaver
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 28, 2011No. PD-1635-10PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON and ALCALA, JJ., joined.
Four police officers came to Mr. Weaver’s welding shop looking for a person wanted in another county. Mr. Weaver gave the officers consent to search for that person. The officers, over Mr. Weaver’s objection, ended up searching a van on his property and finding drugs in it. The trial judge granted Mr. Weaver’s motion to suppress because he found that the search of the van exceeded the scope of Mr. Weaver’s consent. The court of appeals, over a dissent, affirmed. We granted review in light of the justices’ disagreement.…
3Cases cited38 opinions
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- United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Florida v. JimenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Oliver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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4Cited by134 opinions
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