Legal Opinion
Urias v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided January 16, 2003No. 08-01-00355-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
In April 2000, Tomas Urias was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana. While detained on these charges, he was questioned by an officer of the Ector County Sheriffs office. During one of the investigative interviews, Appellant was asked about a homicide in which he had been a primary suspect since 1996 and he ultimately confessed to the crime. He was charged with the murder of Adrian Areni-vas and pled not guilty. His motion to suppress the confession was denied by the trial court. A jury found him guilty and assessed a punishment of 48 years,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Urias v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Millslagle v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
- Licon, Jr., Ernesto v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2003
- Randall Millslagle v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2004
- Randall Millslagle v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2004
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