State of Texas, Appellant v. Jay Johnson, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the lower courts' suppression of evidence, holding that Texas Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.23(a) applies to private individuals as well as officers, and that evidence obtained in a subsequent search based on the illegally obtained information must also be excluded. The decision rests on a plain‑language reading of the statute and the dictionary definition of "other". The Court declined to address the good‑faith exception because it was not raised below.