Legal Opinion

Ford v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 21, 2009No. PD-1753-08Published

1Opinion of the Court

305 S.W.3d 530 (2009)

Ross Layton FORD, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. PD-1753-08.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 21, 2009.

Billy R. Gant, Bonham, for Appellant.

Lisa C. McMinn, Asst. State's Atty., Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

OPINION

COCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.

This case concerns a pre-trial suppression hearing in which the trial court relied upon an unsworn police offense report in ruling that the deputy had probable cause to arrest appellant. After the trial court denied his…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Carmouche v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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