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Judge Boyd pauses suppression hearing after dispute over consent, Miranda in Carlos Vasquez Saldana case; lab confirms methamphetamine
Summary
In a hearing over whether police lawfully searched a vehicle, Judge Stephanie Boyd recessed to consider defense arguments that consent given in Spanish while the defendant was handcuffed and before Miranda warnings was involuntary; Bexar County lab analyst testified that the seized substance tested positive for methamphetamine (0.253 g).
The 187th District Court heard testimony and argument in the case State v. Carlos Vasquez Saldana before Judge Stephanie Boyd, centering on whether police had voluntary consent to search a vehicle. The court recessed after extended argument to allow both sides to prepare legal points on voluntariness; the judge scheduled counsel to return at 1:30 p.m. for further argument before ruling on the defense's motion to suppress.
Prosecutors called San Antonio Police Department officers who testified they responded to an equipment/traffic stop and that Officer Joseph Garza (Spanish-speaking) and others assisted on scene. The officers said the defendant was detained and placed in handcuffs and that, while…
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