Legal Opinion
State v. Woodard
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 6, 2011No. PD-0828-10PublishedCited by 321 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.
in which PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
The court of appeals correctly held that the initial interaction on the sidewalk between David Wayne Woodard and Officer John Warner, Jr., which began with Officer Warner asking Woodard if he had been involved in a reported accident, was a consensual encounter.1 Further, we conclude that the encounter, which eventually escalated into Woodard’s arrest for DWI, was supported by probable cause. The court of appeals’s judgment is therefore affirmed.
I. Background
Woodard drove his car off the road into a ditch and then…
3Cases cited26 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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