Kunkel v. State

MAJORITY OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

Pamela Sue Kunkel was charged with the misdemeanor offense of driving while intoxicated. After the trial court denied her motion to suppress, Kunkel entered a plea of no contest. The trial court found her guilty and assessed punishment at one year in the Harris County Jail, probated for two years, and a $400 fine. On appeal, Kunkel contends that the trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress because the evidence at issue was the fruit of an unlawful citizen’s arrest. We affirm.

Background

At the suppression hearing, Douglas Pittman testified that he was…