Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A police officer of a city does not have authority to stop a person for committing a traffic offense when the officer is in another city within the same county.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/20/2004
• Published 10/20/2004

Judges

• WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined., Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lloyd D. Odle, Lewisville, for Appellant., Emily Johnson-Liu, Asst. District Atty., McKinney, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.