# Stephen v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · September 19, 1984 · 677 S.W.2d 42

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9863334

## Case

- **Full name:** Joe Odell STEPHEN, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** September 19, 1984
- **Citations:** 677 S.W.2d 42; 1984 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 736
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Miller
- **Judges:** McCormick, Clinton, Teague, Miller
- **Cited by:** 53 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that officer properly impounded car where driver had been arrested and “the only alternative available was to let appellant’s passenger take possession of the car,” but the passenger was unable to produce a driver’s license
- noting that the State may satisfy its burden to establish a valid inventory search “through the testimony of the officers that an inventory policy existed and that the policy was followed” and that “[t]here was no need to introduce into evidence a written inventory”
- stating that there was no need to introduce into evidence a written inventory where officers testified that an inventory policy existed and that policy was followed
- stating the police should respect a prisoner=s wish to leave his car with a companion who had a valid driver=s license

## Opinion text

MILLER, Judge,
dissenting.
I dissent for the reasons given in my dissent to Kelley v. State, 677 S.W.2d 34 (Tex.Cr.App. delivered this day).

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