Wooldridge v. State

3 Citing cases

  1. State v. Garcia

    801 S.W.2d 137 (Tex. App. 1990)   Cited 9 times

    Texas cases have approved inventory procedure involving automobiles. See Guillett v. State, 677 S.W.2d 46, 49 (Tex.Crim.App. 1984); Wooldridge v. State, 696 S.W.2d 252, 254 (Tex.App. — San Antonio 1985, pet. ref'd). In Stephen v. State, 677 S.W.2d 42, 43-44 (Tex.Crim.App. 1984), the Court wrote:

  2. Moberg v. State

    770 S.W.2d 930 (Tex. App. 1989)   Cited 2 times

    The Texas courts have approved the procedure in cases that involved automobiles. See Gauldin v. State, 683 S.W.2d 411, 415 (Tex.Crim.App. 1984); Wooldridge v. State, 696 S.W.2d 252, 254 (Tex.App. — San Antonio 1985, pet. ref'd). Lafayette expressly applied the inventory search concept to "any container or article in [the arrestee's] possession."

  3. Weller v. State

    764 S.W.2d 582 (Tex. App. 1989)

    During the inventory of the bed of the truck where one of the passengers had been riding, Officer Hall discovered a sawed-off rifle in a container. Wooldridge v. State, 696 S.W.2d 252 (Tex.App. — San Antonio 1985, pet. ref'd); Mayhood v. State, 669 S.W.2d 873 (Tex.App. — Corpus Christi 1984, pet. ref'd). The Supreme Court of the United States has recognized three different legitimate purposes for inventory searches: one, for the protection and preservation of personal property which may be located in the vehicle; two, for the protection of the police against claims arising from contentions that property was allegedly lost or stolen or misplaced while the vehicle was in the custody of the police; three, the protection of the police or peace officers from possible unforeseen dangers contained within and arising from within the vehicle, such as concealed weapons.