Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Texas Court Rules Warrants Can be Obtained on ‘Predictions of Future Crimes’


Stems from case in which police conducted an illegal entry prior to obtaining warrant
Adan Salazar
Infowars.com
December 18, 2013
A ruling by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals last week opens the door for Texas law enforcement to obtain search warrants “based on predictions of the commission of future crimes,” an appeals judge has stated.
Members of the Special Reaction Team with the 178th Military Police Detachment, 89th Military Police Brigade, raid a house in Wainwright Village during a new training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, March 5, 2013.
Members of the Special Reaction Team with the 178th Military Police Detachment, 89th Military Police Brigade, raid a house in Wainwright Village during a new training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, March 5, 2013.
The ruling came in the 2010 case of a man who police allege was “fixing to” cook methamphetamine. Parker County police had been staking out suspect Michael Fred Wehren’s house for over a month.
When an informant tipped them off that Wehren and others were preparing to manufacture a batch of meth, police entered the home after midnight and detained Wehren and his friends outside his home in handcuffs.
Police then entered the home and located pseudoephedrine, stripped lithium batteries and other materials typically used to cook meth.
Only after police illegally entered Wehren’s home did they secure a search warrant from a judge. Of course, their request made sure not to mention the fact they had already entered the house and seized what they were looking for.
During trial, Wehrenberg’s lawyers argued the evidence was inadmissible as it had been obtained through deceptive means.
“The motion was denied,” writes Eric Nicholson for the Dallas Observer, adding, “the trial court cited federal ‘independent source doctrine,’ which allows illegally seized evidence a third party told them about beforehand — and Wehrenberg pleaded guilty

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