Legal Opinion

Nguyen, Thai Ngoc

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 1, 2009No. PD-0888-08Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0888-08

THAI NGOC NGUYEN, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS

DALLAS COUNTY

2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J., joined by Meyers, Price, Womack, and Hervey, J.J.,

Johnson, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Keller, P.J., Holcomb, and Cochran, J.J. dissented.

O P I N I O N

Officer Vance Johnson failed to warn Thai Ngoc Nguyen of all of his rights under Section 3, Article 38.22, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, when he arrested Nguyen for traffic violations and interrogated him. The court of appeals held that the trial judge erred in admitting Nguyen's oral statement,…

3Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. California v. BehelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  4. Thompson v. KeohaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Dowthitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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