IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. PD-1269-16
CHRISTOPHER JAMES HOLDER, Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS
COLLIN COUNTY
Per curiam. N EWELL, J., filed a concurring opinion. Y EARY, J., filed a
concurring and dissenting opinion.
ORDER
The Court grants discretionary review of ground four of Appellant’s petition for
discretionary review, which states,
The Court of Appeals erred in holding the State’s acquisition of Petitioner’s
historical cell phone records under an order issued under the federal stored
communications act without a showing of probable cause in the petition
was reasonable under the guarantees of privacy in Article I section 9 of the
Texas constitution.
The parties shall brief the issue and file their briefs within 30 days from the date of
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this order. The Clerk of this Court will send copies of this order to the State Prosecuting
Attorney, the District Attorney for Collin County, and Appellant’s counsel.
October 23, 2019
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Holder, Christopher James
Combined Opinion