Wilson v. State

If the notion of “standing” had not been conceived by an English common law judge, an American appellate court surely would have thought of it. The concept is to limit the work of the judiciary, and when applied to constitutional issues “the general principle [is] that a party will not be heard to claim a constitutional protection unless ‘he belongs to the class for whose sake the constitutional protection is given.’ ” Jones v. United States, 362 U.S. 257, 261, 80 S.Ct. 725, 731, 4 L.Ed.2d 697 (1960).

On its face Article 38.23, V.A.C.C.P., commands:

“No evidence obtained by an officer or other…