The police pull you over for speeding. The officer checks your criminal history and you have some old drug convictions. The officer thinks you look "nervous" and ask to search your car. You say no. The cop calls for the drug dog and 30 minutes later finds 200 grams of meth. Is that a legal search? Such are the facts of The State of Texas, Appellant v. Gregory Daivd Pierce, Appellee. This is an unpublished opinion, but still a useful example of search and seizure. The trial court suppressed the
Saturday, 13 September 2008
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