State v. Cortez

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided 2018-01-24

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Richardson, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Hervey, Alcala, Newell, Keel, and Walker, JJ., joined. Appellee, Jose Luis Cortez, was stopped by a State Trooper for unlawfully driving on the improved shoulder of the highway 1 because the tires on Cortez's minivan purportedly touched the white painted "fog line" separating the roadway from the shoulder. Upon searching Cortez's vehicle, the Trooper found…

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