Connor v. State

The court of appeals found from undisputed testimony that law enforcement intern Edward Niland extracted the inculpa-tory statement from appellant by coercive means. Connor v. State, 640 S.W.2d 374, 376 (Tex.App.— San Antonio 1982).1 Accordingly, it concluded: “The trial court thus erred in holding that appellant’s statement made in response to Niland’s question was voluntarily given, and the evidence was erroneously admitted before the jury.” Ibid.

In rejecting the State’s contention that a similar statement later made to Officer Gary Selman rendered the first one harmless, the San Antonio…