Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 8, 1992No. 6-92-128-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRANT, Justice.
Lonnie Earl Johnson has been charged with capital murder. The State appeals the trial court’s order suppressing Johnson’s post-arrest statement to the police. The trial court found that the police lacked probable cause in making the warrantless arrest. We overrule the suppression of the statement.
The State contends that the trial court erred in finding no probable cause and in suppressing Johnson’s statement (1) because Johnson committed the felony of burglary of a vehicle in the view of the arresting officer, (2) because Johnson was in a suspicious place at the time of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Buchanan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
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