# Fictional Fact Patterns for Practice

These three fact patterns are fictional and simplified for training and demonstration only. The statute excerpts are paraphrases, not the operative law. Always verify against the actual Texas codes. Never replace these with real client-identifying facts in a consumer tool.

LegalAI: when a user selects one of these, apply the TCDLAi framework, ground only in the excerpt provided, and mark anything not supported by it.

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## 1. The refused breath test (DWI)

**Tags:** DWI, Fourth Amendment, suppression

**Facts.** Fictional client "R." was stopped near midnight for a wide turn. The officer reported the smell of alcohol, slurred speech, and glassy eyes. R. declined field sobriety tests and refused a breath sample. There was no warrant. The report is thin on the specific driving behavior that justified the stop, and the dashcam covers only part of the encounter.

**Simplified source excerpt** — verify against **[Tex. Penal Code § 49.04](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.49.htm#49.04)** and **[Transportation Code ch. 724](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.724.htm)**:
- DWI: a person commits an offense if intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle in a public place.
- Implied-consent and refusal rules govern breath and blood specimens; a warrantless blood draw generally requires consent or an exception.

**Practice focus.** Reasonable suspicion for the stop, the consequences and limits of refusal, and what the partial recording does and does not show.

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## 2. The console search (possession)

**Tags:** possession, search and seizure, standing

**Facts.** Fictional client "M." was a passenger in a car stopped for expired registration. The officer said M. seemed nervous and asked to search. Accounts differ on whether the driver consented. A small quantity of a controlled substance was found in the center console, within reach of both occupants. M. denies knowledge. There is no body-camera audio of the consent exchange.

**Simplified source excerpt** — verify against **[Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.115](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.481.htm#481.115)** and Fourth Amendment doctrine:
- Possession of a controlled substance requires knowing or intentional possession; possession means actual care, custody, control, or management.
- Consent, the scope of a search, and a passenger's ability to challenge it are governed by search-and-seizure law.

**Practice focus.** Affirmative links between the passenger and the substance, the validity and scope of the consent search, and the missing recording.

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## 3. The bar parking lot (assault)

**Tags:** assault, self-defense, witnesses

**Facts.** Fictional client "D." was charged after a late-night altercation outside a bar. Two witnesses give conflicting accounts of who swung first. D. says the other person advanced and D. pushed to create space. There are minor injuries on both sides. Phone video exists but is dark and partial. The complainant and D. had argued earlier inside.

**Simplified source excerpt** — verify against **[Tex. Penal Code § 22.01](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.22.htm#22.01)** (assault) and **[§ 9.31](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm#9.31)** (self-defense):
- Assault includes intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to another.
- Self-defense justifies force when a person reasonably believes it immediately necessary to protect against another's use or attempted use of unlawful force.

**Practice focus.** Self-defense elements, how conflicting witnesses and partial video create reasonable doubt, and the questions to ask each witness.
