Albarqawi v. State

DICKENSON, Justice.

The controlling question is whether an indictment should have been quashed because Appellant, who was in custody and had declined to appear before the grand jury on advice of counsel, was subpoenaed before the grand jury, interrogated without his lawyer’s knowledge, and then indicted. We hold the indictment is not void. None of Appellant’s answers to the Grand Jury’s questions were used at the time of trial, and there is no question raised as to the suppression of evidence.

Appellant, Abdelrahman Albarqawi, and his wife, April Albarqawi, were jointly indicted for murder in…