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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 14.05

RIGHTS OF OFFICER

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Buchanan v. State (2006)

Most recently applied in Buchanan v. State (October 2006)

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722

In each case enumerated where arrests may be lawfully made without warrant, the officer or person making the arrest is justified in adopting all the measures which he might adopt in cases of arrest under warrant, except that an officer making an arrest without a warrant may not enter a residence to make the arrest unless:

(1) a person who resides in the residence consents to the entry; or

(2) exigent circumstances require that the officer making the arrest enter the residence without the consent of a resident or without a warrant.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.