Court Opinion

ID: 9686868
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 16:10:04.651998+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:22.672643
License: Public Domain

JONES, Justice
(concurring specially).
I agree with the majority in holding that the fruits of the warrantless search of the car made at the station house are admissible to prove a different and independent crime where such search and seizure is conducted with probable cause. I do not wish to be understood as agreeing that probable cause sufficient to support a warrantless search exists under the facts of this case. I feel that the otherwise mysterious absence of arrest of the accused, as well as the invalid search warrant, is explained by the lack of probable cause. In this respect I agree with the specially concurring opinion of Presiding Judge Cates. However, the limited review by this Court of the Court of Criminal Appeals constrains me to accept the finding of that Court that there was probable cause in this case.