Legal Opinion
Mendoza v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 23, 2002No. 1938-01PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · JohnsonJohnson, J.
MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ„ joined.
Appellant, charged with murder, signed a written confession. He later filed a motion to suppress the confession, claiming that it was involuntary. The trial court denied the motion. At the close of the guilt/innocence phase of trial, appellant presented to the trial court a proposed jury instruction comprised of four paragraphs intended to advise the jury: 1) of the general law on voluntariness; 1 2) to disregard the confession if they believed, or had a reasonable doubt that appellant had not been given Miranda…
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