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Stewart v. State

Citations

  • 611 S.W.2d 434
  • 1981 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 904

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  • holding warrantless search of defendant = s purse during booking was constitutionally permissible
  • “In the instant case, we believe that the search of the purse is better characterized as a search of items immediately associated with the person of the appellant.”

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Judges: Dally, Davis, Clinton

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