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TX: Grandfather had no apparent authority of grandson's closed room

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant lived with his grandfather as a housemate. The police could not reasonably believe the grandfather had apparent authority to consent to an entry into his grandson's separate bedroom with a shut door. The evidence of apparent authority was ambiguous at best. Hubert v. State, 2009 Tex. App. LEXIS 249 (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi January 15, 2009).* Stop for turn signal even though no traffic was interfered with was still a violation, and that supported the stop. State v. Bartone, 2009 Ohio 153, 2009 Ohio App. LEXIS 128 (2d Dist. January 16, 2009).* Officers who walked up to a parked van had reasonable suspicion the occupants were involved in dogfighting by the condition of the dogs. A gun clip was in plain view trough the open door of the vehicle...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 23, 2009 (boomark / email).