State v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “[o]n March 8, 1988, Addison Police Officer Bradley Freis stopped appellee’s car because it had an expired inspection certificate. Appellee then failed to provide Officer Freis with proof of insurance. Officer Freis issued appellee a citation for the offenses. The citation directed appellee to appear in municipal court in Addison within ten days. Appellee failed to appear in this time period. On April 5, 1988, three arrest warrants were issued against appellee based on complaints filed for: (1) the expired vehicle inspection certificate; (2) his failure to provide proof of insurance; and (3) his failure to appear in the Addison municipal court. All three complaints were signed by Roxie Rutledge, a clerk of the Addison municipal court system. In the complaint for the expired inspection certificate and in the complaint for the failure to provide proof of insurance, Rutledge states that, “based on information provided to [Rutledge] by [Officer] Freis[,] ... who personally observed such offense[s],” she believed or had good reason to believe that the offenses occurred. In the complaint for appellee’s failure to appear, Rutledge stated only that she believed or had good reason to believe the offense occurred. On May 3, 1988, Dallas Police Officers Robert Bryan and Todd Woolum saw ap-pellee’s car and noticed that the inspection certification was expired. The officers then began to follow appellee’s car and conducted a computer check on the license plate number, which revealed the ou”

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