Lewis v. State

Elsewhere I have demonstrated that until 1925 there was such a paucity of search and seizure law in this State that courts took guidance from many outside sources, including the Supreme Court of the United States, which had construed constitutional provisions similar to our own Article I, § 9. Brown v. State, 657 S.W.2d 797, 799-807 (Tex.Cr.App.1983). After enactment of the *350Texas “exclusionary rule,” former Article 727a, C.C.P.1925 (now Article 38.23, V.A.C. C.P.), the Court continued that same methodology.

On the matter of “standing” the opinion of the Court in Craft v. State, 107 Tex.Cr.R.…