Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Reversal of a conviction for possession of marijuana pursuant to a finding that the Texas Constitution grants broader protection than the U.S. Constitution when evidence is lost or destroyed is vacated where the court of appeals failed to afford the parties an opportunity to brief the issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/26/2006
• Published 04/26/2006

Judges

• KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which PRICE, JOHNSON, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott Ramsey, Houston, for Appellant., Jeffrey L. Van Horn, First Asst. State's Atty., Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.