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Texas arresting people in bars for being drunk
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<blockquote data-quote="Joe Willey" data-source="post: 601822" data-attributes="member: 63822"><p>Probable Cause and Reasonable Cause are legal terms used in support of actions taken by police. Probable Cause (PC) is harder to establish than Reasonable Cause (RC). This link will help you understand the differences between the 3. </p><p></p><p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_cause</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Following is Texas’ Public Intoxication Law</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What are the elements to this crime: </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1) A person in a public place intoxicated to the degree that the person may endanger the person (themselves) or another.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>2) Not having the normal use of mental or physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the body; or Having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So while a person may by Texas’ definition be intoxicated, unless they present a danger to themselves or to others a court cannot find them guilty. RichardL that is the reason the person you saw on TV said she doubted the charges would hold up in court. The burden rests with the police to provide evidence to the prosecutor that all elements of the crime have been committed. If they can’t and the defendant decides to go to court, odds are the charges will be dropped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joe Willey, post: 601822, member: 63822"] Probable Cause and Reasonable Cause are legal terms used in support of actions taken by police. Probable Cause (PC) is harder to establish than Reasonable Cause (RC). This link will help you understand the differences between the 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_cause Following is Texas’ Public Intoxication Law What are the elements to this crime: 1) A person in a public place intoxicated to the degree that the person may endanger the person (themselves) or another. 2) Not having the normal use of mental or physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the body; or Having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more. So while a person may by Texas’ definition be intoxicated, unless they present a danger to themselves or to others a court cannot find them guilty. RichardL that is the reason the person you saw on TV said she doubted the charges would hold up in court. The burden rests with the police to provide evidence to the prosecutor that all elements of the crime have been committed. If they can’t and the defendant decides to go to court, odds are the charges will be dropped. [/QUOTE]
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