Lewis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 79 state decisions

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1. “Appellant, a passenger, has standing to challenge the search of the automobile in which he is riding if the search resulted from an infringement (such as an illegal detention) of the passenger’s Fourth Amendment rights. ****** Assuming arguendo that the continued detention of the vehicle and the removal of the occupants from it were illegal under the Fourth Amendment, the relevant question becomes whether the search of [the driver’s] vehicle was come at by exploitation of appellant’s continued detention and removal from the vehicle.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harris v. State

2. “The State does not have the burden of listing or verbalizing in the trial court every possible basis for holding a search legal or else waive that basis for urging on appeal the validity of the search.” Lewis v. State, 664 S.W.2d 345, 347 (Tex.Crim.App.1984); accord, Sullivan v. State, 564 S.W.2d 698, 704 (Tex.Crim.App.1978) (on rehearing). Concerning a motion to suppress the fruits of a search, the court has said”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Green v. State

3. “Once the initial legal detention became an illegal one, the [passenger's] presence was irrelevant to the officer's decision to search. Put another way, [the officer] could have let [the passenger] leave without hampering his ability to search the car. Thus, in no way was [the passenger's] detention necessary to perform the search.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. DeLuca