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Belcher v. State

Citations

  • 244 S.W.3d 531
  • 2007 Tex. App. LEXIS 9883
  • 2007 WL 4462945

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that waiting for arrival of officer with greater experience in DWI investigations furthered legitimate law enforcement purpose
  • holding that delay while awaiting arrival of DWI enforcement officer was for legitimate law enforcement purposes because DWI officer was more experienced and could complete DWI investigation faster
  • finding that “totality of circumstances” pointed to no unreasonable delay when first officer investigating DWI waited 27 minutes for second officer to arrive
  • determining that delay of twenty-seven minutes until task- force officer could arrive was not unreasonable
  • holding twenty-seven minute delay while waiting for DWI officer did not violate Fourth Amendment
  • considering fact that officer permitted defendant to smoke and answer his cell phone during twenty-seven minute detention while awaiting K-9 unit as reducing to some extent level of intrusion

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Judges: Livingston, Walker, McCoy

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