Lennie Keith Armstrong, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas reversed Lennie Keith Armstrong's burglary conviction because the police stop of his vehicle lacked reasonable suspicion and was therefore unlawful, rendering the seized evidence inadmissible. The majority held that the officer's vague information did not satisfy Fourth Amendment requirements and that Armstrong's consent did not purge the taint of the illegal stop. A dissent argued the stop was justified and the conviction should be affirmed.