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Dillard v. State

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  • 550 S.W.2d 45

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  • holding that observation of speeding violation provided probable cause to authorize a traffic stop and rejecting a contention that an officer must know the exact speed at which the defendant was traveling to prove a speeding violation
  • holding that seeing Dillard speeding gave police probable cause to stop
  • holding officer had reasonable suspicion defendant speeding based on his testimony defendant “seemed to be travelling at an exceptionally high rate of speed” (internal quotations omitted)
  • holding officer had reasonable suspicion defendant speeding based on his testimony defendant “seemed to be travelling at an exceptionally high rate of speed” (internal quotations omitted)
  • “We disagree with appellants’ contention that unless Bragg knew the exact speed which the automobile was traveling, no violation occurred.”
  • presence of the accused with the accomplice witness, when coupled with other circumstances may be sufficient to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice witness

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Judges: Douglas, Davis

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