Court Opinion

ID: 9768049
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:39:55.353822+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:35.921088
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*773MORRISON, Judge
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur with my brother Onion in all aspects save one.
While the intent of the framers of the Texas Constitution regarding Art. I, Sec. 10, is unknown, the interpretation of that provision is a judicial function and, as my brother Onion acknowledges, a State may surpass minimum federal constitutional requisites. At the time I prepared the opinion for this Court in Trammell v. State, supra, I was fully cognizant of the far-reaching implications to be drawn therefrom. I remain convinced that a taking of blood from an individual without his consent constitutes a violation of his right of privacy and involves an infringement of an accused’s right to be free from self-incrimination under Art. I, Sec. 10, Texas Constitution.
Further, overruling Trammell, supra, is entirely unnecessary in order to reach the result which Judge Onion’s opinion concludes is a proper disposition of this case. This case deals with a taking of a handwriting exemplar while Trammell dealt directly with an invasion of the privacy of the accused person.
I dissent to overruling Trammell v. State, supra.