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· 10/20/2004

Kothe v. State

Citations

  • 152 S.W.3d 54
  • 2004 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1749
  • 2004 WL 2347781

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that police may briefly detain individuals for further investigation during a traffic stop as long as they can establish the reasonableness of the detention
  • holding that a defendant driver had no standing to complain about the search of a passenger’s bra after police found two balloons containing heroin
  • holding that police may briefly detain individuals for further investigation during a traffic stop as long as they can establish the reasonableness of the detention
  • recognizing that Supreme Court “has expressly rejected placing any rigid time limitations” on traffic stops
  • holding that a defendant driver had no standing to complain about the search of a passenger’s bra after police found two balloons containing heroin
  • holding that passengers in a vehicle may claim a violation of the Fourth Amendment based on an unlawful investigatory stop

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Judges: Cochran

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