Adams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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1. “1. The Appellant was lawfully stopped for a valid traffic offense and the green leafy substance, identified as marihuana, was observed by Officer King (the only witness on the Motion to Suppress) in plain and open view, immediately following the lawful stopping of the car in the street. 2. The contraband—marihuana—was easily visible, in plain and open view, by the naked eye of King, who at the time was in a position outside of the Camaro where he had a right to be. 3. Before and at the time he first observed the contraband, there was no intrusion by King or by any part of his body into the Camaro. 4. When Officer King entered the Ca-maro he had probable cause to do so because the recognized contraband provided a reasonable and probable basis for his belief that the automobile contained marihuana; a sure and certain belief not being required. 5. The car’s mobility and the diminished expectation of privacy which surrounds the automobile, at least as to the passenger compartment, as well as the totality of the situation, all created “exigent circumstances”, making it highly impractical to secure a warrant beforehand; hence, no search warrant was required. 6. Kenneth Wayne King, Sr., was an officer and a member of the Lamar University Patrol Department and it is undisputed that he was in the process of issuing a valid summons or ticket on a traffic violation because Gillard’s Camaro was displaying an expired license plate and the sticker on the rear license plate was expired. 7. ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Gillard v. State

2. “No evidence obtained by an officer or other person in violation of any provisions of the Constitution or laws of the State of Texas, or of the Constitution or laws of the United States of America, shall be admitted in evidence against the accused on the trial of any criminal case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Carter v. State