Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A passenger's consent to a search of a truck was valid, after the driver was arrested and requested that the car be turned over to the passenger, despite the fact that the driver had neither explicitly refused nor consented to a prior requested search.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2002
• Published 09/18/2002

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randy Schaffer, Houston, for Appellant., Eric Willard, Asst. Dist. Atty., Plainview, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., for State.