Legal Opinion

State v. McLain

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 13, 2011No. PD-0946-10PublishedCited by 281 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.

in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER and COCHRAN, JJ„ joined.

A Hale County Grand Jury indicted ap-pellee on a charge of possession with the intent to deliver methamphetamine, in an amount of four grams or more but less than two hundred grams. Appellee’s trial counsel filed a motion to suppress the contraband seized as a result of a search authorized by a search warrant. The trial court granted the motion to suppress, and the court of appeals affirmed the judgment. We will reverse and remand to the trial court.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plainview Police Department police…

3Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Amador v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Swearingen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004

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4Cited by281 opinions

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