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State v. Guzman

Citations

  • 959 S.W.2d 631
  • 1998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 12
  • 1998 WL 28103

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the State failed to sustain its burden of proof because Estep himself failed to complete the inventory of the vehicle and was unaware if it was completed by Meddor or by any other officer
  • \[P]olice who are engaged in a caretaking search may inventory the contents of a lawfully impounded vehicle.\
  • this Court required to overrule its federal constitutional decisions that conflict with United States Supreme Court federal constitutional decisions
  • following United States v. Johns , 469 U.S. 478, 105 S. Ct. 881, 83 L. Ed. 2d 890 (1985); Michigan v. Thomas , 458 U.S. 259, 102 S. Ct. 3079, 73 L. Ed. 2d 750 (1982); Florida v. Meyers , 466 U.S. 380, 104 U.S. 380, 104 S. Ct. 1852, 80 L. Ed. 2d 381 (1984
  • courts required to follow Supreme Court precedent on matters of federal constitutional law
  • “[W]e hold, as Supreme Court precedent dictates, that the automobile exception to the 11 Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution does not require the existence of exigent circumstances in addition to probable cause.”

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Judges: Meyers, McCormick, Baird, Mansfield, Keller, Price, Holland, Womack, Overstreet

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