GARZA v. STATE

No. 04-99-00670-CR.

34 S.W.3d 591 (2000)

Juan Cerda GARZA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled October 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Latimer, Harkins, Latimer & Dahl, P.C., San Antonio, for Appellant.

Edward F. Shaughnessy, III, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., San Antonio, for Appellee.

Sitting: CATHERINE STONE, Justice, SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice, KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.


OPINION

Opinion by: KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

Juan Cerda Garza pled nolo contendere to murdering his common-law wife and was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment pursuant to a plea bargain. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying Garza's motion to suppress his two written statements, which included a confession to the murder.1 Garza maintains the statements resulted from a custodial interrogation and...

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