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Howard v. State

Citations

  • 599 S.W.2d 597
  • 1979 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1598

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a defendant who borrowed a car had “standing” to complain about the admission of evidence obtained in a war-rantless search of the vehicle
  • holding that a defendant who borrowed a car had \standing\ to complain about the admission of evidence obtained in a warrantless search of the vehicle
  • finding sufficient probable cause to authorize the initial stop given the failure to give a proper turn signal
  • rejecting the application of the plain view doctrine and 3 suppressing the pills found in an unlabeled brown prescription pill bottle because “[i]t was not immediately apparent to [the officer] that the bottle contained a controlled substance”
  • in plain view case, it was not immediately 9 apparent that pill bottle contained contraband
  • defendant dipped down in seat toward steering wheel when stopped for failing to use turn signal

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Judges: Douglas, Phillips, Clinton, Dally, Davis

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