Clifford James Brown, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the trial court, holding that the evidence was not obtained by a search and therefore did not violate the Fourth Amendment or Article I, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution. It also answered that its original decision relied on the federal Fourth Amendment and that the Texas Constitution does not provide an independent basis for a different result, a conclusion contested by both a dissent and a concurrence.