Legal Opinion

Saavedra, Jose Carmen

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 4, 2009No. PD-0198-08Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0198-08

JOSE CARMEN SAAVEDRA, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS

DALLAS COUNTY

Price, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Meyers, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Holcomb and Cochran, JJ., joined. Keller, P.J., concurred in the result.

O P I N I O N

The appellant in this case made certain qualified admissions to a police officer through an interpreter. The police officer was permitted to testify to those statements, even though the State did not call the interpreter to…

2Cases cited54 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. United States v. Augustin Alvarez, Oscar Hernandez, Mario C. Simon, Rolando Rios, Ramon Raymond, Eduardo Portal, Victoriano Concepcion, A/K/A "Macho"Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  4. Oprean v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  5. United States v. Jaleh NazemianCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991

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