Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Christian Vernon Sims, Appellant v. the State of Texas

January 16, 2019569 S.W.3d 634

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the lower court's denial of the appellant's motion to suppress, holding that suppression is not available under the Stored Communications Act or Article 18.21 unless the violation also breaches the Constitution, and that the appellant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the brief real‑time cell‑site location information.