Legal Opinion
Jeffery v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided July 15, 2005No. 06-04-00098-CRPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.
Based on a prior “controlled buy” of crack cocaine by a covert witness from Robert Doyle Jeffrey, the Delta County Sheriffs Office obtained a search warrant to search Jeffrey’s residence for controlled substances. In executing the warrant, the deputies knocked three times on the front door, announced their presence and their intent to execute the warrant, immediately heard someone running inside the residence, and entered the residence after waiting approximately five seconds. Inside Jeffrey’s bedroom, the deputies discovered several rocks of crack…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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