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TX8: Parole violation arrest in car permitted inventory

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Police officers lacked probable cause to enter defendant's motel room to gather evidence to seek a search warrant. State v. Triana, 2009 Tex. App. LEXIS 2557 (Tex. App. –- San Antonio April 15, 2009).* Defendant's vehicle was seized because he was arrested on a parole violation warrant, and it was properly inventoried as a result. State v. Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars in United States Currency, 2009 Tex. App. LEXIS 2678 (Tex. App. -– El Paso April 16, 2009).*

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).