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· 6/20/2024

Rene Martinez Luna v. the State of Texas

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  • holding that a defendant’s incriminating statement was involuntary where police denied the defendant medical treatment before the interrogation and insinuated that defendant’s pregnant wife was in custody
  • recognizing that threats involving family members impact the voluntariness of detainees’ statements
  • explaining that the \manifest injustice\ requirement is simply a requirement for showing prejudice, articulating two-pronged test for harmless error
  • defendant confessed to obtain the release of his wife

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