· 3/4/1905
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Bumpas
Citations
- 85 S.W. 1046
- 38 Tex. Civ. App. 410
- 1905 Tex. App. LEXIS 490
How courts have described this case
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- holding “even if” the inventory search policy was constitutional, “the officers’ major deviation from that regime” also required reversal
- finding inventory search invalid where the officer searched only for valuable items, but the official policy required an inventory of all items found in the vehicle
- officers' failure to comply with official policy governing inventory searches rendered search unreasonable
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Judges: Stephens
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