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Elizondo v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 7, 2012No. PD-0882-11PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

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2Opinion of the Court · MeyersMeyers, J.

Appellant, Becky Elizondo, was charged with theft of fifty to five hundred dollars. She filed a motion to suppress a written confession obtained by a loss-prevention officer. After a suppression hearing, the trial court denied Appellant’s motion. She appealed, claiming that there was an agency relationship between the loss-prevention officer and law enforcement, and thus her statement was inadmissible under Article 38.22 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment. Elizondo v. State, 338 S.W.3d 206 (Tex.App.-Amarillo 2011). We…

3Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Wilkerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  5. Oriji v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2004

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4Cited by19 opinions

  1. Cesar Gomez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  2. Gaitan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  3. Mark Hoff v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2017
  4. State v. AguilarCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  5. State v. Lisa Ann Petersen, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2015

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