Legal Opinion

Rumbaugh v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 20, 1979No. 59940PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

After he had been arrested on a charge of capital murder, the appellant escaped from the Potter County jail. He and two other inmates who escaped were arrested for a traffic violation in Scurry County. As they were being taken into the Scurry County Courthouse, the three arrestees assaulted the arresting officer and took his gun, but they were recaptured immediately. After they were taken before a magistrate (see Article 15.17, V.A.C.C.P.), they were confined in the Scurry County sheriff’s office. The arrestees did not know that their conversations were being recorded on…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hammett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Wilder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Porter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Kemp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Lawton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Matchett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Ramirez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999

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