State v. Consaul

OPINION

Appellee was charged with capital murder, for the death of her 18 month old daughter. After making statements to the police, appel-lee claimed, on a pre-trial motion, that the statements she made were obtained in violation of her Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. As a result, she argued that they should be suppressed. The trial court granted appellee’s motion, and the State appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court. State v. Consaul, 960 S.W.2d 680 (Tex.App.-El Paso 1997, pet. granted).

The State appealed, and we granted petitions for discretionary review filed by…