I'm kinda curious. How many see misdemeanor judges having hearing on probable cause (under 15.17) to arrest the defendant -- and then find no PC based on lack of reasonable suspicion for the stop, or some other imagined police misconduct. I say imagined because everything's being decided just on the offense report with no testimony. Isn't this what a suppression hearing is for? It seems weird to essentially suppress "evidence" when a defendant has only just been arrested and we aren't even near a trial.

Is this sort of dismissal common?