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Cates v. State

Citations

  • 776 S.W.2d 170
  • 1989 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 126
  • 1989 WL 59560

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  • incarcerated defendant’s unwarned child abuse confession made to social services worker inadmissible in light of court’s determination that social worker was acting as agent of law enforcement
  • DHR investigator required to give Miranda warnings unless acting in purely civil capacity
  • DHR investigator required to give Miranda warnings unless acting in purely civil capacity
  • CPS worker will be categorized as an agent of law enforcement if the record establishes A that when the [defendant] made the admissions, the DHR employee was utilizing her capacity so as to accomplish what the police could not have lawfully accomplished themselves @
  • mem. op., not designated for publication

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Judges: Duncan, Teague, Campbell, Davis, White

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