Robert Wallace West, Jr., Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the warrantless arrest of West was authorized under Art. 14.04 of the V.A.C.C.P. and that his confession and other evidence were admissible. The Court rejected West's arguments that the arrest lacked probable cause, that his invocation of the right to silence barred further questioning, and that the Florida pen‑packet was inadmissible. Two dissenting judges argued that the majority improperly rewrote the statute and erred in allowing arrest based on mere eyeball‑to‑eyeball contact.