Wehrenberg, Michael Fred

OPINION

in which KELLER, P.J., PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

Is the federal independent source doctrine, which excepts from the exclusionary rule evidence initially observed during an unlawful search but later obtained lawfully through independent means, applicable in Texas? The State raises this question in its petition for discretionary review after the court of appeals reversed two felony drug convictions of Michael Fred Wehren-berg, appellant, on the grounds that the trial court erred by applying that doctrine as a basis to deny appellant’s motion to…