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Turner v. State

Citations

  • 685 S.W.2d 38
  • 1985 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1201

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  • holding suspect not in custody until law enforcement realized the likelihood of the person’s involvement in the offense
  • holding suspect not in custody until law enforcement realized the likelihood of the person’s involvement in the offense
  • indicating that when the appellant made a statement in which he did not admit culpability for the murder but in which he provided information that tied him to evidence at the murder scene, officers had probable cause to arrest him
  • indicating that when the appellant made a statement in which he did not admit culpability for the murder but in which he provided information that tied him to evidence at the murder scene, officers had probable cause to arrest him
  • noting fact that the appellant had asked officers for a ride to the police station for interview as factor in concluding appellant had not been in custody
  • considering whether the appellant was in custody during fact-finding police interview and noting that “appellant may have been a focus of the investigation, but he was certainly not the focus of the investigation”

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Judges: Davis, Clinton, Teague

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