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Vasquez v. State

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  • 179 S.W.3d 646
  • 2005 WL 2673681

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  • concluding “promises of cigarettes and medications that will get [him] the help [he] needs did not coerce the confession”
  • holding that trial 4 The “statement of facts” is now called the reporter’s record. See Tex. R. App. P. 34 cmt. to 1997 amendment (“Clerk’s record is substituted for transcript, and reporter’s record is substituted for statement of facts throughout the rules.”
  • explaining that facts that weigh against voluntariness determination include “lengthy interrogation, threats of violence, and detention incommunicado without advice of counsel or friends” as well as accused’s age, “low intelligence,” and “lack of education”
  • noting that “threats of violence” is one factor that weighs against voluntariness determination
  • explaining that facts that weigh against voluntariness determination include “lengthy interrogation, threats of violence, and detention incommunicado without advice of counsel or friends” as well as accused’s age, “low intelligence,” and “lack of education”

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Judges: Law, Smith, Pemberton

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