Legal Opinion
Garcia v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 1, 1992No. 929-90PublishedCited by 471 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLEE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
CAMPBELL, Judge.
Appellee was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance in Penalty Group I, namely cocaine, having an aggregate weight of less than 28 grams. Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.115. The trial court granted appellee’s motion to suppress the cocaine after finding it was the fruit of a search based upon a “pretext stop.” The State appealed the trial court’s pretrial order, pursuant to Tex.Code Crim.Proc. art. 44.01. The El Paso Court of Appeals held the trial judge had “erred as a matter of law” by granting the…
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3Cited by471 opinions
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