WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. PD-0916-08.

272 S.W.3d 614 (2008)

Jesse WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd S. Dudley, Austin, for Appellant.

Holly Taylor, Asst. District Atty., Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Petition for discretionary review refused.

JOHNSON, J., filed a statement concurring in the refusal to grant review of appellant's petition, in which PRICE and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.


On May 14, 2002, the two-year-old son of a friend of appellant began having respiratory distress while he was in appellant's custody, and appellant's mother called 911. When the first-responders asked what had happened, appellant said, "This is probably going to be my fault."

The following day, May 15, appellant was taken to the police department in handcuffs. A reasonable person in such circumstances could reasonable conclude that he was under arrest or, at the very...

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