ARMSTRONG, JOSHUA RAY v. the State of Texas

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0409-22 JOSHUA RAY ARMSTRONG, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS GRAYSON COUNTY NEWELL, J., filed a concurring opinion in which RICHARDSON and WALKER, JJ., joined. I agree that courts need not consider the existence of exigent circumstances to determine whether a place is “suspicious” when the State relies upon article 14.03(a)(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure to justify a Armstrong Concurring Opinion - 2 warrantless arrest. 1 The Court is correct that neither the…