Many cases in County courts and those across the state should be dismissed on due process grounds because the officer arrested the accused person without a warrant in violation of Tennessee Code Ann. § 40-7-103, arrest by officer without a warrant. The accused in this case believes his is one of them. This brief outlines the limits of the general assembly’s list of exceptions to the general prohibition under the constitution for arrest by officer without an officer-sworn and judge-OK’d warrant prior to seizure. The law on grounds for arrest by officer is found at Tenn. Code … Continue reading Arrested without warrant? Yes, it’s usually illegal, and here’s how I’d seek dismissal