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State v. Williams

Citations

  • 832 S.W.2d 52
  • 1992 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 128
  • 1992 WL 116086

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  • ruling on motion to suppress may be sustained on theory not presented to trial court
  • motion to suppress blood test granted because red eyes and slurred speech may have been due to either alcohol or car accident
  • evidence that police read DIC-24 form at hospital to defendant supported trial court's implied finding that defendant was under arrest even though officer said defendant was only being investigated
  • appellate court may affirm trial court's ruling on any theory supported by the record
  • defendant under arrest at hospital when he had sustained injuries in one-car accident, his eyes were red and bloodshot, his speech was slurred, he failed HGN test, and he was read DIC-24 warnings
  • defendant under arrest at hospital when he had sustained injuries in one-car accident, his eyes were red and bloodshot, his speech was slurred, he failed HGN test, and he was read DIC-24 warnings

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Judges: Overstreet, McCormick, Campbell, White, Benavides

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