Legal Opinion
Pecina, Alfredo Leyva
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 25, 2012No. PD-1095-10PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY and ALCALA, JJ„ joined.
A Tarrant County jury convicted appellant of the murder of his wife. The trial *71judge denied appellant’s motion to suppress his statements to police during custodial questioning at a hospital after a magistrate had given him his Article 15.17 rights.1 The trial judge rejected appellant’s claim that he had invoked both his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to counsel when he asked the magistrate for an appointed attorney but also said that he wanted to talk to the police who were standing outside the hospital room.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by117 opinions
- Rubalcado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- Ross Allen Hartwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Cervantes-Guervara v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Baiza v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
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