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Gonzales v. State

Citations

  • 648 S.W.2d 684
  • 1983 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 968

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that “objects which are not inherently suspicious can become so under certain circumstances,” such as when police officer knows from experience that narcotics are “commonly packaged in a particular manner”
  • holding objects that are not inherently suspicious can become so under certain circumstances
  • officers’ observation of defendant’s attempt to conceal balloons in his mouth coupled with their knowledge of use of balloons to carry heroin sufficient to authorize arrest and seizure

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Judges: Onion, Clinton, Miller, Teague

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