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TX: Barely crossing centerline with no other traffic around not cause for stop

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Tire barely crossing centerline once when there is no other traffic is not cuase for a stop. Fowler v. State, 2008 Tex. App. LEXIS 6253 (Tex. App. – Ft. Worth August 14, 2008).* Consent to enter a car to look for a gun permit that led to smell of marijuana justified officer looking in a CD case where the smell was coming from. State v. Black, 2006 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 171 (August 25, 2006), released for publication July 28, 2008.* Defendant's stop was with probable cause, not just reasonable suspicion, so the plain view was valid. State v. Warren, 2008 Ore. App. LEXIS 1131 (August 13, 2008).*

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 19, 2008 (boomark / email).