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Hartman v. State

Citations

  • 144 S.W.3d 568
  • 2004 Tex. App. LEXIS 3740
  • 2004 WL 903878

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that delay while awaiting arrival of video camera to record DWI investigation, as per department policy, was for legitimate law enforcement purposes
  • noting, in upholding reasonableness of detention despite delay, that “Officer Smith followed police department procedure and was not dilatory in his investigation”
  • “Reasonable purposes include investigation, maintenance of the status quo, and officer safety, considering the totality of the circumstances.”
  • “An investigative detention requires an actual investigation; where no investigation is undertaken, the detention cannot be considered investigatory and rises to the level of an arrest.”
  • five-to fifteen-minute delay to await arrival of video camera
  • five-to fifteen-minute delay to await arrival of video camera

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Law, Kidd, Puryear

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