Legal Opinion

Massengale v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 28, 1986No. 953-84PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated rape and sentenced by the jury to twenty years’ imprisonment. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 21.03(a)(5) (repealed). In an unpublished opinion the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, holding, inter alia, that appellant’s confession was made voluntarily after a knowing and intelligent waiver of his rights to counsel and to remain silent. Massengale v. State (Tex.App.—Amarillo No. 07-82-0410-CR, delivered July 31, 1984). We granted appellant’s petition to review this holding of…

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Smith v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Jerry Lane Jurek v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. Casias v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Lucas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  4. Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Higginbotham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989

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