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· 12/5/1984

Paez v. State

Citations

  • 681 S.W.2d 34
  • 1984 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 826

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a state employee does not become an agent of law enforcement within the context of Miranda unless there exists a police practice of using non-law enforcement personnel to accomplish what the police could not have lawfully accomplished themselves
  • holding article 38.22 does not apply to non-law enforcement personnel who are not government agents
  • stating that the defendant bears the initial burden of proving \custody\
  • Article 38.22 does not apply to non-law enforcement personnel who are not state agents
  • mere filing of motion to suppress does not “thrust a burden on the State to show compliance with Miranda or article 38.22 warnings”
  • mere filing of motion to suppress does not \thrust a burden on the State to show compliance with Miranda or article 38.22 warnings\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Campbell, Onion, Clinton, Teague, Miller

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