Commander v. State

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of carrying a prohibited weapon, a knife. Following the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence, he entered a guilty plea and, pursuant to the agreement between appellant and the state, he was sentenced to 100 days in the Harris County Jail. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress because: (1) the private residential driveway where he was arrested is not “public” for the purposes of the public intoxication statute; and (2) the officer did not have probable cause to arrest him for public…