Ford v. State

MEYERS, J.,

filed a dissenting opinion.

Appellant’s sole issue on his appeal to the court of appeals read as follows:

The Trial Court erred in denying the Motion to Suppress as there was no evidence or insufficient evidence offered by the State of Texas to support the warrantless search of Appellant’s vehicle; such alleged evidence being the inadmissible arrest report.

It seems apparent from Appellant’s pleadings that his issue embodied the traditional request to courts of appeals when they review the correctness of a suppression hearing: Is the record sufficient to affirm the trial judge’s…