Legal Opinion
Pumphrey v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided January 18, 2008No. 06-07-00076-CRPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.
Lance Sharp, a police officer with Texas A & M University at Commerce, grasped the right wrist of Candice Pumphrey to arrest her for disorderly conduct just outside the entrance to a large dance being held on campus. 1 In response, Pumphrey “immediately started pulling away and jerking.” As Sharp kept his grasp on her wrist and attempted to move behind her to get her arms behind her, she “refused” his efforts, “actually turning in circles” to keep Sharp from seeming her arms behind her back. Sharp also described Pum-phrey’s actions as “twisting and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Marshall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Roberts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Haliburton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2002
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Dobbs, Atha AlbertCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- Reynaldo Ramirez v. Jim Wells County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
- William Bryan Finley, Ill v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2014
- William Yarbrough v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2014
- Atha Albert Dobbs v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013
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