Supreme Court of Texas

A determination on the admissibility of a juvenile's noncustodial inculpatory statements, made after a written confession was deemed inadmissible under state law, gave almost all consideration to the inadmissibility of the confession, and was not based on the requisite standard of the "totality of the circumstances."

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/17/2001
• Decided 05/30/2002
• Published 05/30/2002

Judges

• Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ join.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald Earle, Travis County District Attorney, Lisa Dotin Stewart, Assistant District Attorney, Rae-Ann F. Allong, Travis County District Attorney's Office, Austin, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Wyatt Robertson, Austin, for Respondent.