State v. Panetti

PEEPLES, Justice.

Charged with capital murder, Scott Louis Panetti moved to suppress statements he had made to Texas Rangers during questioning. The trial court conducted a hearing and granted his motions to suppress. The State appealed, and this court affirmed the suppression order based on Russell v. State, 727 S.W.2d 573 (Tex.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 856, 108 S.Ct. 164, 98 L.Ed.2d 119 (1987). In an unpublished opinion, we held that Panetti made an equivocal request for counsel, and the interrogating officer did not sufficiently narrow his response to clarifying the request. The…