The State of Texas v. Chris Allen McLain, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the Court of Appeals' decision and remanded for further proceedings, holding that the search warrant affidavit, when read as a whole, provided sufficient probable cause and that appellate courts must apply a commonsense, highly deferential standard rather than a hyper‑technical grammatical analysis. Justice Johnson dissented, arguing that the affidavit lacked a specific time frame and therefore did not support probable cause.