Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Under article 44.01(a)(5) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the State is entitled to bring a pretrial appeal of an adverse ruling on a motion to suppress evidence, regardless of whether the defendant alleges, or the trial court holds, that the evidence was "illegally obtained."

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/06/2002
• Published 02/06/2002

Judges

• Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Luis E. Islas, El Paso, for Appellant., Betty Marshall, Asst. State Atty., Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.