Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0465
Syllabus
As part of the Public Information Act, Government Code section 552.008 affords a Legislator a special right of access to governmental information sought for legislative purposes. But Government Code chapter 571, governing the Texas Ethics Commission, expressly provides that documents and evidence relating to the processing, preliminary review, preliminary review hearing, or resolution of a sworn complaint are not subject to the Public Information Act.
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- holding that appellant waived argument under the Indiana Constitution because appellant analyzed only the United States Constitution and, although mentioning the Indiana Constitution, presented no separate analysis thereunder
- holding that Litchfield v. State, 824 N.E.2d 356 (Ind. 2005), created “a new rule” of criminal procedure because that rule “reshaped the understanding of what constitutes a reasonable warrantless trash search”
- noting that the Article 1, Section 11 test “is designed to deter random intrusions into the privacy of all citizens”
- recognizing the objection requirement for new state constitutional rules applied retroactively
- applying Indiana Code Section 34-24- 1-2(a) and concluding that “if the search or seizure . . . was unlawful, the turnover must be reversed”
- announcing tests to apply to determine whether a new rule of Indiana constitutional law should apply to a pending direct appeal
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