Legal Opinion
State v. Kelly
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided February 18, 1998No. 04-97-00223-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STONE, Justice.
This is an interlocutory appeal by the State from an order granting a motion to suppress evidence. See Tex.Code Crim. Proo. Ann. art. 44.01(a)(5) (Vernon Supp. 1997). After arresting David Kelly for outstanding traffic citations, San Antonio police officer Peter Ovalle searched Kelly’s car and found crack cocaine in a film canister. Kelly was indicted for possession of cocaine in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. He filed a motion to suppress admission of the cocaine into evidence, arguing it was the product of an illegal search under the Fourth Amendment of…
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