Virgil John Etchieson, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed Etchieson's conviction, holding that the State was not required to disclose the informant's identity, that the search warrant satisfied the Aguilar test and was sufficiently described, that venue in Dallas County was proper, and that extraneous evidence of a related prostitution offense was admissible. A dissent argued that the warrant affidavit contained reckless falsehoods and that disclosure of the informant was required, urging reversal and remand.