Davis v. State

Citations

• 8 Tex. Ct. App. 510

Syllabus

<p>1. Confessions. — The literal import of arts. 749 and 750 of the Code of Criminal Procedure would seem wholly to preclude the admission in evidence of a confession not freely made, without compulsion or persuasion. But a different construction of these articles has been established by a series of adjudications which hold a coerced confession to be evidence against an uncautioned prisoner in so far as he, in connection therewith, disclosed facts found to he true and conducive to the establishment of his-guilt, —such as the finding of stolen property, and the like. Under this construction it is competent to prove not only the fact that the property was found in consequence of the prisoner’s disclosures, but also the disclosures themselves.</p> <p>2. Same. — But this construction does not go to the extent of admitting in evidence statements of the prisoner other than those directly connected with or explanatory of his verified and inculpatory disclosures. See the-opinion in extenso upon this subject, and note the facts in illustration.</p>