Orozco v. Texas

United States Supreme Court

394 U.S. 324

Orozco  v.  Texas

Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

No. 641.  Argued: February 26, 1969 --- Decided: March 25, 1969

Use of admissions at petitioner's trial for murder which were obtained by officers who, while he was in their custody in his bedroom at the boardinghouse where he lived, questioned him about incriminating facts without first informing him of his rights to remain silent, to have a lawyer's advice before making a statement, and to have a lawyer appointed to assist him if he could not afford to hire one, held to have violated Self-Incrimination Clause of Fifth Amendment made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966). Pp. 326-327.

428 S.W.2d 66, reversed.


Charles W. Tessmer argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Lonny F. Zwiener, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General, Nola White, First Assistant Attorney General, Hawthorne Phillips, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Robert C. Flowers, Assistant Attorney General, and W.V. Geppert.

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