Legal Opinion
Robert D. Hall v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided December 16, 2009No. 07-08-00514-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
NO. 07-08-0514-CR
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AT AMARILLO
PANEL C
DECEMBER 16, 2009
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ROBERT D. HALL, APPELLANT
V
THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE
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FROM THE 137TH DISTRICT COURT OF LUBBOCK COUNTY;
NO. 2008-418,741; HONORABLE CECIL PURYEAR, JUDGE
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Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.
OPINION
The ability to obtain uncoerced confessions is not an evil but an unmitigated good. Justice Scalia, McNeil v. Wisconsin, 501 U.S. 171, 181, 111 S.Ct. 2204, 115 L.Ed.2d 158 (1991).
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- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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