Legal Opinion
Lalande v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided May 11, 1983No. 08-82-00141-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARD, Justice.
This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The jury’s response to punishment special issues resulted in imposition of a life sentence. We affirm.
Ground of Error No. Four contends that the court erred in admitting the testimony of Appellant’s fellow county jail inmate, Lucius Witherspoon. Witherspoon testified that Appellant had confessed committing the alleged offense to him, describing details of its commission. There is no evidence that Witherspoon was acting as an agent of law enforcement personnel at the time he received this confession. Consequently, the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Michigan v. DeFillippoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Lalande v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Adkins v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1984
- Inman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Mayhood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Adkins v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1984
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