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King v. State

Citations

  • 631 S.W.2d 486
  • 1982 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 868

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that a person’s “capacity for reflection necessary to the fabrication of a falsehood is lost” when making a spontaneous exclamation
  • deceased's murder, committed while companion forced to look on, was followed by hours of sexual assault of deceased's companion
  • deceased’s murder, committed while companion forced to look on, was followed by hours of sexual assault of deceased’s companion
  • probable cause to believe accused was the offender, coupled with “circumstances already within the officers’ knowledge” provided “well founded” basis for suspicion that accused would try to flee

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Judges: Clinton, Teague

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