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795 S.W.2d 205

Landrum v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 12, 1990

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1990-09-12

Cited by 3 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2014

2 state decisions

Relies on Angel v. State · Landrum v. State

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Decided 1990-09-12

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PER CURIAM:

¶1Appellant’s petitions for discretionary review refused.

CLINTON, Judge,

¶2dissenting, to refusal of appellant’s petition for discretionary review.

¶3Relying primarily on the plurality opinion in Angel v. State, 740 S.W.2d 727 (Tex.Cr.App.1988), and certain provisions in the Texas Local Government Code, the court of appeals concluded that “DeSoto police officers have jurisdiction to conduct investigations and arrest offenders in the prevention and suppression of crime anywhere within the county, including Dallas, Texas.” Landrum v. State, 751 S.W.2d 530, 531-532 (Tex.App.- Dallas 1988).

¶4To thus extend the traditional bailiwick of a municipal police force, i.e., the territorial boundaries for exercise of power and authority by its police officers, is obviously a matter of grave importance in this state; it has not been but should be settled by this Court. Tex.R.App.Pro. Rule 200(c)(2). *206See, e.g., Reamey & Harkins, Warrantless Arrest Jurisdiction: An Analysis and a Proposal, 19 St. Mary’s L.J. 857, at 877-888 (1988).

¶5Without at all intimating what our own determination might be, I would therefore grant the petition to examine and consider the broad holding of the court of appeals.

¶6Because the majority does not, I respectfully dissent.

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