Patricia Maestas, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the lower appellate court's judgment, holding that the police scrupulously honored the appellant's Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and therefore the confession was admissible. The Court applied the Mosley ad hoc test, finding that the relevant factors weighed in favor of honoring the right. Justice Holland, in a concurring note, argued that the petition for discretionary review was improvidently granted, while Justice WOMACK dissented.