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DAWSON v. STATE

No. 06-01-00084-CR.

75 S.W.3d 533 (2002)

Boris DAWSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided February 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney Bert Dowd, Marshall, for appellant.

Richard Berry, Jr., Crim. Dist. Atty., Marshall, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., GRANT and ROSS, JJ.

OPINION

WILLIAM J. CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

A jury found Boris Dawson guilty of the murder of Francois Dean and set his punishment at life imprisonment. At the punishment phase of the trial, the State sought to introduce a statement Dawson allegedly made to the police that concerned not the murder for which Dawson was then being tried, but another offense to which Dawson had been linked. Dawson filed a motion to suppress the statement on the basis that...

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