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STATE v. MALDONADO

No. PD-1552-07.

259 S.W.3d 184 (2008)

The STATE of Texas v. David MALDONADO, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Jones, Corpus Christi, for Appellant.

Douglas K. Norman, Asst. D.A., Corpus Christi, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

We must decide whether an officer introducing himself at the jail to a defendant who is represented by counsel constitutes an "initiation of communications" under Michigan v. Jackson.1 We hold that it does not, and consequently, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

I. BACKGROUND

The facts are not in dispute.2 On May 4, 2006, appellee was indicted for indecency with a child. That...

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