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· 6/2/2009

Sieffert v. State

Citations

  • 290 S.W.3d 478
  • 2009 Tex. App. LEXIS 3828
  • 2009 WL 1531535

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that traffic stop was illegally prolonged without reasonable suspicion when officer testified that vehicle was driving slowly through high-crime area and driver was nervous
  • noting that prior arrest alone does not amount to reasonable suspicion
  • noting that prior arrest alone does not amount to reasonable suspicion
  • driving in high crime area and nervousness supported nothing more than hunch
  • driving in high crime area and nervousness supported nothing more than hunch
  • “refusal to consent to search does not, in and of itself, establish [reasonable suspicion]”

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Judges: Pirtle

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