Legal Opinion
State of Texas v. Copeland, Shirley
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 8, 2013No. PD-1340-12PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · AlcalaAlcala, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
Is a vehicle a mobile “castle” so that passengers are treated the same as tenants who may disallow police to search a residence after a fellow tenant has consented to the search? Concluding that it is not, we decline to extend the holding in *160Georgia v. Randolph, 547 U.S. 103, 123, 126 S.Ct. 1515, 164 L.Ed.2d 208 (2006), from residences to vehicles. Because the trial court applied Randolph to vehicles, the court of appeals erred by upholding the suppression ruling on that basis. See State v.…
3Cases cited23 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Illinois v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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4Cited by26 opinions
- State of Texas v. Esparza, CarlosCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
- State v. RodriguezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
- State v. CopelandCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2016
- Sevilla-Carcamo v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
- State v. VanhollebekeWashington Supreme Court · 2018
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