Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1990

Landrum v. State

Landrum v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided September 12, 1990 · Clinton
795 S.W.2d 205; 1990 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 211; 1990 WL 130236 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Landrum v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

Appellant’s petitions for discretionary review refused.

Dissenting Opinion

CLINTON, Judge,

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

Relying 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).

To 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).

Without 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.

Because the majority does not, I respectfully dissent.

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