Silas Owendoff Angel, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the Tomball city police officer had authority to make a warrantless arrest for a traffic violation, that city police officers possess county‑wide jurisdiction comparable to sheriffs, and that the State waived its right to raise a standing issue because it was not presented to the Court of Appeals. The decision was accompanied by several dissenting opinions contesting the jurisdiction analysis and the treatment of the standing issue.