Parker v. State

OPINION

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

A jury convicted appellant of misdemeanor possession of marihuana. On ap peal, he relied on this Court’s decision in State v. Steelman 1 to argue that the police lacked probable cause to enter his home, and, thus, the trial court erred in failing to suppress the marihuana found in plain view after that entry. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s ruling. 2 We granted review to determine whether the police entered appellant’s home without probable cause to believe that any crime had been or was…