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State v. Johnson

Citations

  • 939 S.W.2d 586
  • 1996 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 233
  • 1996 WL 668592

How courts have described this case

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

  • affirming suppression of evidence from subsequent searches as “fruit” of evidence obtained illegally by private citizens
  • affirming trial court’s order excluding evidence where decedent’s son’s broke into a funeral home, searched and found evidence related to decedent’s murder, and turned evidence over to police
  • Jenschke succeeded in suppressing evidence obtained by private individuals who burglarized his truck
  • “No doubt, the plain language of art. 38.23 supports the conclusion that the unlawful or unconstitutional actions of all people, governmental and private alike, fall under the purview of Texas’ exclusionary rule.”

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Judges: Meyers, McCormick, White, Mansfield, Keller

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