State v. Norton

FOWLER, Justice.

This case involves the breadth of a state statute dealing with mass transit systems and the authority given to police officers commissioned for the systems. Appellee, Thomas Malcolm Norton, was arrested and indicted for the offense of driving while intoxicated. Tex.Rev.Civ.StatANN. art. 6701Z-1(b) (Vernon 1977).1 He filed a motion to suppress, claiming the arresting officer lacked jurisdiction because he was acting outside the scope of his statutory authority. The trial court granted the motion and the State appeals. Because we find the arresting officer had jurisdiction to…