Legal Opinion
Miles v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 17, 2007No. PD-1019-06PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
A tow-truck driver made a citizen’s arrest of appellant for DWI after pursuing him through busy Houston streets late one night. Appellant was then charged with DWI and unlawfully carrying a weapon. He filed a motion to suppress under Article 38.23, the Texas exclusionary statute,1 and claimed that evidence obtained as a result of this citizen’s arrest should have been excluded because the tow-truck driver violated traffic laws when he pursued appellant. After the trial court denied the motion to suppress, appellant…
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