Legal Opinion

Martha Hernandez v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided January 17, 2014No. 07-11-00039-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant Martha Hernandez of murder 1 and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence 2 and sentenced her to terms in prison of sixty and twenty years respectively. The trial court ordered that the sentences run concurrently. Through four issues she complains on appeal that the trial court erred in failing to suppress her recorded statement and certain testimony from her sister-in-law. We will overrule each of appellant’s issues and affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Background

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by13 opinions

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