Court Opinion

ID: 9849491
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:40:56.145753+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:24.170721
License: Public Domain

JOHNSON, Justice,
concurring in the result.
I concur in the result the Court reaches in its opinion, but not in the Court’s analysis. In my view, there is no reason for the Court to address the issue of jurisdiction. Whether Officer Weadiek had authority to arrest Barros or not is not determinative of this case. As the Court’s opinion points out, an illegal arrest does not deprive a court of jurisdiction to hear a case. In addition, the record before us does not indicate what, if anything, Barros might seek to have suppressed that was seized following his arrest. Therefore, in my view, it makes no difference to the result here whether or not Officer Weadiek had authority to arrest Barros.