Moreno v. Texas (Original)
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A magistrate issued a warrant to search Appellant's house for crack cocaine based on an affidavit detailing a controlled purchase in which police used a reliable confidential informant to purchase narcotics through an unknown third party. The third party was not aware of the police operation. However, because there was no information on the credibility or reliability of the unknowing third party, Appellant argued on appeal of his conviction that the magistrate could not have concluded that there was probable cause to believe that the crack cocaine came from Appellant's house. After its review, the Court of Criminal Appeals concluded that the affidavit provided a substantial basis for the magistrate to find probable cause.
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