The State of Texas v. Jorge R. Iduarte, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the Court of Appeals, holding that the Texas exclusionary rule and the Fourth Amendment do not require suppression of evidence of a crime that occurred after an unlawful entry into the defendant's home, because the subsequent assault was an independent criminal act not causally linked to the illegal entry. The decision also reaffirmed deference to trial courts on credibility findings in suppression hearings.