Monge v. State

OPINION

J. HARVEY HUDSON, Senior Justice.

Following a plea of guilty, appellant, Abelino Monge, was convicted of capital murder and was incarcerated to serve a life sentence. In one issue, appellant challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress his recorded confession. He contends he was unlawfully arrested, his subsequent confession was tainted under the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine, and the State did not prove attenuation of the taint. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On July 12, 2005, Detective Mark Reynolds arrived at a murder scene in which the victim had been shot twice in…