Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 12/7/2005

Torres v. State

Citations

182 S.W.3d 899
2005 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 2038
2005 WL 3310462

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concluding that opinions of officers cannot be transformed into facts supporting probable cause to arrest without supporting evidence in the record
concluding that opinions of officers cannot be transformed into facts supporting probable cause to arrest without supporting evidence in the record
holding that we assume trial court made implicit findings in support of its ruling
recognizing that, under Texas law, warrantless arrests are proper only when (1) probable cause for the arrest exists with respect to the individual in question and (2) the arrest falls within one of the statutory exceptions to the warrant requirement
holding that insufficient evidence existed to support arresting officer’s probable cause determination when he testified at the suppression hearing that he arrested defendant because two sheriff’s deputies told him that they believed the defendant was intoxicated
holding that probable cause for warrantless arrest requires officer to have reasonable belief that offense has been committed based on facts and circumstances either (1) within officer’s personal knowledge or (2) of which officer has reasonably trustworthy information

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Judges: Johnson, Price, Womack, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran, Meyers, Holcomb, Keller

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Cites

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