Boyett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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1. “Appellant urges that this arrest was illegal and that all evidence obtained as a result thereof should have been suppressed. Appellant argues that the State failed to prove that a Houston City Ordinance existed relative to speed of motor vehicles and since the officers did not know the vehicle was stolen, no arrest warrant had been issued for appellant, and no violation of the law was committed in the arresting officer’s presence, there was no probable cause for arresting appellant. Article 6701d, Sec. 166, V.A.C.S., provides that a speed in excess of thirty miles per hour in any urban district, and a speed in excess of seventy miles per hour during the daytime (sixty-five miles per hour during the nightime) on any highway outside any urban district shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful. Since appellant’s vehicle had reached a speed of eighty miles per hour, prima facie evidence of unlawful speed existed without regard to whether appellant was inside the city of Houston, within an urban area or outside an urban area. See Gano v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 466 S.W.2d 730 . Art. 6701d, Sec. 153, V.A.C.S., provides: “Any peace officer is authorized to arrest without warrant any person found committing a violation of any provision of this [article].” We reject appellant’s contention that the court erred in overruling his motion to suppress. [emphasis ours]”

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