Douglas v. State

In Douglas v. State, 679 S.W.2d 790, 790 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth 1984, no pet.) the appellant was arrested for murder after officers responded to calls of shots being fired and being advised by the caller of the appellant's location. The court held that the defendant's house was a suspicious place since: (1) there was a dead body lying in the front yard; (2) the police were informed that the defendant was "in there the house,"; (3) defendant had been seen near the body and had put something in a car parked outside the house; (4) defendant had run back into the house upon being seen by a witness. Id. at 790-91. These circumstances were sufficient for the court to hold that the defendant, arrested inside his own home, was "in a suspicious place." Ibid.