· 10/21/1987
Brick v. State
Citations
- 738 S.W.2d 676
- 1987 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 670
How courts have described this case
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- holding that appeals court erred in declining to consider whether consent was tainted by potentially illegal police activity
- holding that the court of appeals erred in declining to consider whether the arrest was illegal and whether the consent was tainted by the potentially illegal police activity
- noting that article 38.23 and the federal exclusionary rule share a common purpose: \to deter unlawful conduct on the part of law enforcement personnel and to close the doors of our courts to illegally obtained evidence\
- holding a consensual search may produce admissible evidence if the consent was not obtained by exploitation of an illegal arrest
- holding court of appeals erred in declining to consider whether arrest was illegal and whether consent was tainted by potentially illegal police activity
- holding that the burden is on the State
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Judges: Clinton, White
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