Rodney Swearingen, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the Court of Appeals' judgment, holding that the proper standard of review for a magistrate's probable‑cause determination to issue a search warrant is the deferential standard articulated in Gates and Johnson. The Court reviewed the issue de novo as a question of law but concluded that deference was appropriate, and therefore the appellate court had applied the correct standard.