Legal Opinion
Miller, Christopher Adrian
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 15, 2015No. PD-0038-14PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.
in which Keller, P.J., Keasler, Alcala, Richardson, Yeary, JJ., joined.
We granted the State’s petition for review to decide whether the corpus delicti rule was satisfied in this case, and whether the rule continues to serve its intended purpose in this state’s jurisprudence. We decide that a strict application of the corpus delicti rule is unnecessary when a defendant confesses to multiple criminal offenses within a single criminal episode or course of conduct if the crimes confessed to are sufficiently proximate that the underlying policy reasons for the rule are not violated. As a…
3Cases cited29 opinions
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- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Opper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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