"A state official who detains a person briefly for investigation may conduct a limited pat-down search of that person if the official has a reasonable belief that the person detained poses a threat to the official's safety or the safety of others."
How later courts described this case
- "A state official who detains a person briefly for investigation may conduct a limited pat-down search of that person if the official has a reasonable belief that the person detained poses a threat to the official's safety or the safety of others."
- "An appellate court reviewing a trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress must view the record evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to the trial court's ruling."
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
OPINION
The opinion was delivered
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine and the Court of Appeals affirmed. 1 We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to address whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the warrantless search and seizure of appellant was reasonable. After reviewing the parties’ briefs and the relevant portions of the record, and after hearing argument on the case, we conclude that our decision to grant the petition was improvident. Accordingly, we dismiss appellant’s petition for discretionary review. 2
HOLCOMB, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which PRICE, J., joined.
MEYERS, J., dissented.
. Roy v. State, 55 S.W.3d 153 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi 2001).
. See Tex.R.App. P. 69.3.