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Sanchez v. State

Citations

  • 707 S.W.2d 575
  • 1986 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1219

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “[a]bsent a showing of actual inconsistency, post-arrest silence is not probative as evidence of prior inconsistent conduct; therefore, impeachment through the use of such evidence is improper.”
  • holding that a defendant may not be impeached by post-arrest, pre-Miranda silence
  • holding that a defendant may not be impeached by post-arrest, pre- Miranda silence
  • holding that a defendant may not be impeached by post-arrest, pre- Miranda silence
  • declining to adopt the federal standards for postarrest, pre-Miranda silence as set forth in Doyle and Fletcher
  • finding Texas Constitution’s protection of 5 defendant from impeachment for post-arrest, pre-Miranda silence greater than protection against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment

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Judges: Miller, Clinton, Onion, Davis, Campbell, White

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