Source: https://www.waco-criminal-attorney.com/blog/finally-a-judge-who-understands-how-ridiculous-4th-amendment-law-has-beccome.cfm
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 10:46:07+00:00

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Finally - a judge who understands how ridiculous 4th amendment law has beccome | Law Office of Walter M. Reaves, Jr., P.C.
Many cases - especially DWI and drug cases - start with a traffic stop. The scenario usually involves the observation of a traffic offense, which leads to either a search or further investation. To justify the stop the officer has to have reasonable suspicion to believe an offense has been committed, and to go furtther and perform a search they must have probable cause. Those rules come from the Fourth Amendmet to the United States Constitution, which prevents the State from subjecting its citizens to "unreasonable" searches and seizure.
Galindo v. State, 306 S.W.3d 893, 895-96 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2010, pet ref’d), Contreras v. State, 309 S.W.3d at 171; or looking away from a peace officer, Gonzalez-Galindo v. State, 306 S.W.3d at 896; or a young person driving a newer vehicle, Gonzalez-Galindo v. State, supra; or someone driving in a car with meal wrappers, Deschenes v. State, 253 S.W.3d 374, 383 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2008, pet. ref’d); or someone driving carefully, Contreras v. State, supra; or driving on an interstate, see Clatt v. State, No. 07-07-0130-CR, 2008 Tex. App. LEXIS 7250, at *2 (Tex. App.—Amarillo September 29, 2008, no pet) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (wherein the official testified that I-35 was a “drug corridor”), most anything can be considered as indicia of drug trafficking to law enforcement personnel. Maybe this is because drug smugglers just happen to be human beings and being such, they tend to engage in the same innocuous acts in which law abiding citizens engage. See Gonzalez-Galindo v. State, 306 S.W.3d at 896 (observing that “[c]riminals come in all makes and colors. Some have hair, some do not. Some are men, some are not. Some drive cars, some do not. Some wear suits, some do not. Some have baseball caps, some do not. Some want attention, some do not. Some have nice cars, some do not. Some eat spaghetti, some do not. And, sometimes, some even engage in innocent activity.”). The problem comes with distinguishing between innocent conduct indicative of nothing but everyday activity and innocent conduct indicative of crime. That is the hurdle we once again face here, and it is made difficult to clear due to the unasked questions by the State about the “knowledge, experience, and training” of its sole witness.
Without a doubt, this one of the best descriptions of the current state of Fourth Amendment law I've seen. You can bet it's going to be in all the Motions to Suppress I file in the future.
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