Paul Woodward, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the lower courts and remanded the case, holding that the warrantless stop, arrest, and search of Paul Woodward's automobile based solely on a BOLO bulletin lacked probable cause and violated the Fourth Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment, and Article I, § 9 of the Texas Bill of Rights. Consequently, the pistol seized from the vehicle must be suppressed as fruit of an illegal arrest.