Legal Opinion

State v. Jose Ruiz

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 27, 2015No. NUMBER 13-13-00507-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice Benavides

In this appeal, the State challenges the trial court’s granting of appellee, Jose Ruiz’s, motion to suppress blood alcohol test results that police seized following his arrest for driving while intoxicated. We affirm.

I. Background

On September 9, 2012, Gonzales Police Sergeant Bethany McBride arrived on the scene of an accident shortly after midnight in Gonzales County to discover a collision between a Lincoln Navigator and a Pontiac. Witnesses at the scene told Sergeant McBride that the driver of the Navigator, later identified as Ruiz, had fled the scene and…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Florida v. JimenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Missouri v. McNeelySupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. Kentucky v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. McGuire v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  2. State v. Jose Ruiz, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2018
  3. Alfredo Ayala v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2016
  4. Arredondo, JaimeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  5. Brian Lee Green v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2016

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