Legal Opinion
Taylor v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 11, 1973No. 45395PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTS, Judge.
This appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of robbery by firearms. Punishment was assessed at 33 years’ confinement.
Appellant alleges eight grounds of error; however, several of them overlap and, basically, only four separate complaints are raised.
The voluntariness of a confession is first challenged. The court conducted a separate hearing to determine this issue. Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908 (1964). The police captain who took the statement testified that appellant was given the statutory warnings before the statement was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Morris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Salas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Farr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Weber v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1992
- Vanderbilt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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