philip964 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:16 pmNeeds to be presented to grand jury. Didn’t know judges did this.
This is one of your rights in Texas. If you are arrested you must be taken before a magistrate immediately (with loose definition of immediately. The magistrate reviews the case for probable cause, reads you your rights, and usually sets bond. I am surprised the judge did that because usually if it is not a hot pursuit case, the police present the probable cause and get a warrant. That would avoid this type of embarrassment.
I have never had the magistrate deny mt probable cause. I have had some cases rejected by the ADA on duty who presents the case to the magistrate, but never the judge himself deny it. With all of the layers of review normally involved (police supervisor review the case, warrant application through DA to judge, DA review the case before the judge sees it), this is a surprising turn of events.