State v. Steelman

OPINION

in which MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, and COCHRAN, JJ„ joined.

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 14.01(b) provides that “[a] peace officer may arrest an offender without a warrant for any offense committed in his presence or within his view.” The issue presented in this case is whether the odor of burnt marijuana emanating from a residence, coupled with an anonymous tip that drug dealing was taking place at that residence, gave police officers probable cause to believe that the person who opened the door *104of the residence had committed an offense in the officers’ presence and thus…