Article:
Robert O. Dawson, State-Created Exclusionary Rules in Search and Seizure: A Study of the Texas Experience, 59 Texas L. Rev. 191 (1981).
 

Abstract:
Many state constitutions contain provisions similar to the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have limited the applicability of the exclusionary rule, which says that any evidence obtained by illegal searches is inadmissible against a criminal defendant. State courts are often reluctant to branch out on their own in this area of criminal procedure. In this article, Professor Dawson surveys the history of article 38.23 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure to see how it reflects changing times.