Court Opinion

ID: 9690946
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 19:53:40.371238+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:07.080364
License: Public Domain

BEN Z. GRANT, Justice,
concurring.
The undisputed evidence offered at the suppression hearing indicates that the search of the bus was consensual. No evidence was offered to show that the consent by the bus driver and Hernandez were brought about by intimidation.
A defendant can testify at a suppression hearing on the limited matter of the search without waiving his Fifth Amendment right. A defendant cannot be made to give up one constitutional right in order to serve another. Crosson v. State, 36 S.W.3d 642 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2000, no pet.). Thus, Hernandez was not prevented from offering testimony concerning the search and consent at the suppression hearing.