Legal Opinion
Timothy Morales v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided June 14, 2012No. 14-10-01082-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUBSTITUTE OPINION
WILLIAM J. BOYCE, Justice.
We overrule the motion for rehearing; we withdraw our opinion dated April 24, 2012, and issue the following substitute opinion.
A jury convicted appellant Timothy Morales of injury to a child and assessed punishment at 55 years’ imprisonment. Appellant argues he is entitled to a new trial because the trial court erred by (1) refusing to give a jury instruction on the general voluntariness of his statement to police; and (2) denying his motion to suppress statements he made to police. We affirm.
Background
Natalie Baez was appellant’s three-year-old…
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