Court Opinion

ID: 9857937
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 16:09:26.149824+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:00:17.504725
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CLINTON, Judge,
dissenting.
Because the majority fails to demonstrate that § 101.04 meets the criteria laid down by the Supreme Court of the United States for such “inspection” statutes to pass constitutional muster in, e.g., Donovan v. Dewey, 452 U.S. 594, 101 S.Ct. 2534, 69 L.Ed.2d 262 (1981), and further explicated in New York v. Burger, 482 U.S. 691, 107 S.Ct. 2636, 96 L.Ed.2d 601 (1987), I respectfully dissent.
Particularly the majority does not, and indeed cannot, find that this statute constitutes a “constitutionally adequate substitute for a warrant,” Donovan v. Dewey, supra, 452 U.S., at 603, 101 S.Ct. at 2540, 69 L.Ed.2d at 272; cf. New York v. Burger, supra, 482 U.S., at 710, 107 S.Ct. at 2648, 96 L.Ed.2d at 619. See McDonald v. State, 778 S.W.2d 88 (Tex.Cr.App.1989) (Clinton, J., dissenting at 91).
MALONEY, J., joins.