233 So. 2d 792 - Pollard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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1. “On the afternoon of February 26, 1968, [Pollard] left Memphis for the Sardis Reservoir to check on the water pipes of his trailer located there. Just before dark he stopped at a truckstop off of Interstate 55 for a cup of coffee. He was not feeling well and put his head down on the steering wheel to rest. Mrs. Sullivan, a waitress in the restaurant, noticed [Pollard] in this position through the plate glass window. When Sid Steele, a deputy sheriff of two months, came into the restaurant a short time later, Mrs. Sullivan asked him to check on [Pollard] because she thought he might be ill. Although Steele was not on duty at the time and was dressed in sports clothes to attend a social function, he remarked: “We will lock him up and let him sleep it off just as soon as I get through with this sandwich.” Mrs. Sullivan noticed that [Pollard] was leaving the parking area and told Steele, who immediately started after [Pollard] in his own car, a 1960 Pontiac Bonneville. This was an unmarked car; however, there were two red lights located about the middle of the front grille. Deputy Steele pursued [Pollard] up the ramp to the interstate, and then south on Interstate 55. During the chase several pistol shots were exchanged between Steele and [Pollard]. [Pollard] later stopped, was pulled out of his car and placed under arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Delker v. State

2. “If an officer does not have the authority to make an arrest at the instant he begins his pursuit for the purpose of making the arrest, the fact that the person the officer is pursuing violates the traffic law in making his escape does not thereby authorize the arrest that began unlawfully, because an officer who attempts an unlawful arrest cannot later arrest a citizen for resisting such trespass.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Delker v. State

3. “The sheriff had no right to arrest defendant unless it was evident to him at the time that some breach of the peace was being threatened or a crime was being committed in his presence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 798 So. 2d 1241 - Jones v. State