Legal Opinion
Garcia v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 18, 2001No. 2057-99PublishedCited by 704 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLER, P.J.,
delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.
Today we confront the following question: Does a small child’s looking back several times at a following police car, by itself, give rise to a reasonable suspicion that the child is not wearing a seat belt? We answer that question “no.”
A. Background
On the morning of December 12, 1996, Pasadena police officer Larry Candelari, responding to an anonymous tip that appellant possessed a substantial amount of marijuana, placed appellant’s trailer home under surveillance. Officer Candelari soon observed appellant, accompanied by a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- United States v. Pedro Villa-ChaparroCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
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