Legal Opinion
Middleton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 23, 2003No. 1263-01PublishedCited by 498 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Judgment of the CourtKeasler, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK and HERVEY, JJ., joined.
A police officer said he saw David Middleton run a stop sign, but Middleton claimed that he stopped. The officer pulled Middleton over and found drugs. The jury was instructed to disregard this evidence if the officer lacked probable cause. We conclude that the failure to *452define that term was not error because this jury did not need the definition.
I. Facts
On New Year’s Eve, 1998, Sergeant Stanford was “working radar” at the intersection of Crittendon Street and Cates Street in Bridgeport. He testified that he saw a small blue…
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