In Re: Gatha Dodson v. the State of Texas

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• recognizing that the constitutional guarantee of counsel \maintains the fair administration of our criminal justice system by assuring aid to the accused when confronted by the government adversary\
• holding that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches “at or after 17 the time that judicial proceedings have been initiated against” a defendant
• concluding that deliberately and designedly setting out to elicit information constituted interrogation
• concluding that deliberately and designedly setting out to elicit information constituted interrogation
• holding uncounseled statements inadmissible in murder trial because the Sixth Amendment had attached to an aggravated battery charge concerning the same victim
• noting that courts must “indulge in every reasonable presumption against waiver” of the right to counsel

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