Legal Opinion
Harrison v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 15, 1990No. 01-89-00171-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARREN, Justice.
Randall Morgan Harrison appeals from a conviction for driving while intoxicated, for which he received a two year probated sentence and a $250 fine.
On August 30, 1988, while officer J.S. King was on duty with the Bellaire Police Department, he stopped an individual on the 610 Loop for a traffic violation. Both King and the stopped vehicle were positioned on the shoulder of the freeway when appellant drove by in his vehicle, barely missing the officer’s patrol unit. King abandoned his effort to write a traffic ticket for the driver he had stopped, ran back to his patrol…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wicker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Newberry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Bradeen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986