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Title: Oscar Romeo Benavides v. State Texas
Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Release Date : January 14, 1980
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 60 KB

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The question in this case is the same as it was in Daniels v. State, 600 S.W.2d 813 (No. 60,014, decided this day); it requires a determination of the rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Was the inventory search of an automobile reasonable under Fourth Amendment standards? A purported suicide note found in the automobile searched was admitted in evidence. We held in Daniels that the automobile was lawfully impounded; consequently the inventory search was reasonable and the weapons seized were properly admitted in evidence. In this case the automobile, for reasons that will be hereinafter stated, was not lawfully impounded; consequently the search was not reasonable and the purported suicide note discovered was erroneously admitted into evidence.