Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Admission of a recording, as substantive evidence of guilt, of suspect's request for an attorney when he was asked to take a breath-alcohol test before receiving Miranda warnings or being charged with an offense does not violate suspect's right to counsel or self-incrimination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2001
• Published 09/20/2001

Judges

• WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, PRICE, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined., Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Forrest W. Wagner, Grand Prairie, for Appellant., C. James Gibson, Asst. DA, Fort Worth, for State.