Albert Garza, Jr., Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the lower appellate court, holding that Officer Ragsdale's stop of Garza's vehicle was an unlawful seizure under the Fourth Amendment, that the officer lacked specific articulable facts to justify the detention, that the subsequent request for a driver's license was a subterfuge, and that the passenger's testimony was the fruit of the illegal stop and therefore must be excluded. The Court also declined to apply the attenuation doctrine.