Griffin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
CLINTON, Judge.
Appellant, a sixteen year old juvenile at the time of the offense, was convicted as a party to murder. Her punishment was assessed by the jury at fifteen years in the Texas Department of Corrections. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed her conviction, holding that her written confession had been involuntary, and hence its admission into evidence violated the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution. B.A.G. v. State, 715 S.W.2d 790 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1986).
The court of appeals reasoned that because an oral statement…
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