Sean McKenna, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas reversed the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals, holding that the appellate court must review the merits of a pre‑trial motion to suppress when the suppressed evidence was used to obtain a guilty plea, thereby overruling Johnson and adopting the rationale of Kraft. Justice White concurred in the result and Judge Bercelmann dissented, arguing that Johnson remains the correct standard for felony pleas.