Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Darrell Jay Keehn, Appellant v. the State of Texas

March 25, 20092009 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 425

Summary

The Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress, holding that the warrantless seizure of a propane tank from a van parked in the appellant’s driveway was lawful under the automobile exception, not the plain view doctrine.