Supreme Court of Texas

In an appeal of a suppression order in a juvenile justice case, the court of appeals decision is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the Supreme Court of Texas had jurisdiction to consider the state's appeal in light of the conflict between the court of appeals' ruling and other courts'; 2) defendant's statement he "wanted his mother to ask for an attorney" was an unambiguous request for an attorney; and 3) coercion of defendant's statement in violation of Miranda did not justify exclusion of physical evidence resulting therefrom.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/12/2007
• Decided 04/11/2008
• Published 04/11/2008

Judges

• Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice O'NEILL, Justice MEDINA, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tim Curry, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, Charles M. Mallin, Anne E. Swenson, David M. Curl, Assistant Criminal District Attorneys, Fort Worth, TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Shawn Matlock, The Matlock Law Firm, Fort Worth, TX, for Respondent.