Legal Opinion

Hester v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 14, 1976No. 49924-49929PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Each appellant was convicted for two murders and one burglary of a private residence at night. Punishment was assessed at life for each murder conviction and at sixty years for each burglary.

Each appellant contends the trial court erred in admitting written confessions into evidence. Each filed a motion to suppress his own confession. Following a hearing on the motions they were overruled by the trial court and the evidence was subsequently admitted. In their briefs appellants challenge that ruling on several different grounds.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

3Cited by51 opinions

  1. State v. CullenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  2. Wicker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Sisco v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. McKittrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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