Mayfield v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

When Longview police officer Lanie Smith saw Jerry Dean Mayfield turn his vehicle without signaling, Smith turned on his overhead lights and pulled in behind the car to effect a traffic stop. But May-field did not stop the car. Instead, May-field continued to drive slowly. During this low-speed pursuit, a female passenger jumped out of Mayfield’s vehicle during a rolling stop, and Mayfield continued to drive in an apparently random fashion. Mayfield finally returned to the street where his passenger had jumped out, stopped the car, and attempted to run…