Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 3/11/2009

Baldwin v. State

Citations

278 S.W.3d 367
2009 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 318
2009 WL 605368

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holding that contraband found by “plain feel” during a weapons pat down is admissible but probable cause is necessary to search other than for weapons
recognizing that search of 3 Thus, even if the initial restraint amounted to an arrest—as Larson argues above—there was probable cause for it, and the search was constitutional. 13 arrestee’s pockets would be permissible incident to valid arrest
explaining that if an officer validly arrests a defendant, he may perform a search incident to arrest
stating that under the plain-feel doctrine an officer conducting a frisk may seize an object whose contour or mass makes its identity immediately apparent as contraband
stating that an officer may ask a defendant to identify himself during a valid investigative detention but that he may not search a defendant’s person to obtain or confirm his identity
stating that an officer may ask a defendant to identify himself during a valid investigative detention but that he may not search a defendant’s person to obtain or confirm his identity

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Judges: Keller, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran

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