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Pennywell v. State

Citations

  • 127 S.W.3d 149
  • 2003 Tex. App. LEXIS 8931
  • 2003 WL 22382549

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  • holding that interaction constituted mere encounter when police officer approached man walking at night, stopped his patrol car, asked him what he was doing in that apartment complex, and asked which apartment he intended to visit
  • noting that there was no evidence suggesting that appellant was not free to refuse to answer officer’s questions
  • stating that investigative detention is allowable when police officer reasonably suspects that “the individual is, has been, or soon will be engaged in criminal activity”
  • no evidence suggests appellant was not free to refuse to answer officer's questions
  • no evidence suggests appellant was not free to refuse to answer officer’s questions

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Judges: Taft, Jennings, Hanks

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