Alvarez v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that police officer's statement that defendant could \probably go home\ by giving statement, even if promise, did not render confession involuntary
• wherein the court noted that \the appellant's motivation for making a confession may be ascertained directly from the statement itself\
• appellant's incentive for confessing was motivated by his desire to avoid implication in the murder of the victim rather than by the promise that the appellant could probably go home if he confessed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Penry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-06-07· cited 713×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-02-02· cited 103×
• Herrera v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1984-01-18· cited 22×
• Miller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2010-04-15· cited 9×
• McKinney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-01· cited 3×
• Curtis Roy Kennon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-10-09
• in the Interest of D.A.N. and D.G.N., Jr., Minor Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2006-12-14
• Tracey Ann Frame v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2006-12-14
• Jared Dwayne Birmingham v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2008-06-26
• Jerald D. Clark v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1994-06-29
• Phill Raije Rian v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-08-11
• Gudgell, Donna v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1995-11-29
• Clovis Corporation D/B/A Llano Permain Environmental v. Lubbock National Bank and Diversified Lenders, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2006-06-02
• John William McNatt v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2011-10-06
• Jerry Eugene Miller, II v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2010-04-15
• Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
  Texas Attorney General Reports· 1998-07-02
• Emanuel Ochoa v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2023-07-20

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Burks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 4,912×
• Greene v. Massey
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,268×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-02-16· cited 158×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-04-30· cited 127×
• McMahon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-22· cited 123×
• Farr v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-03-12· cited 79×
• Sewell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-03-14· cited 71×
• Swink v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-08· cited 57×
• Schershel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-10· cited 50×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-01-07· cited 48×
• Berry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-06-20· cited 41×
• Seiffert v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-11-14· cited 40×
• Earnhart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-10· cited 40×
• Butler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-03-13· cited 30×
• Sinor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-03-11· cited 29×
• Pitts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-15· cited 21×