Sanchez v. State

The reversal of this conviction was predicated upon the conclusion that appellant’s arrest without a warrant, under the facts presented, was not authorized by Art. 212 and 215 C.C.P., and since no city ordinance authorized by Art. 214 was introduced in evidence, the testimony concerning the fruits of the search should not have been admitted.

The state urges that, apart from the ordinance, the officers had the right to detain appellant and his companion Rodriguez momentarily for routine interrogation, a right recognized by the Supreme Court in Rios v. United States, 364 U.S. 253, 80 S.Ct. 1431,…