Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Chance Derrick Gonzales, Appellant v. the State of Texas on the State’s
February 13, 20022002 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 34
Summary
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a failure to promptly notify a juvenile's parents under Family Code § 52.02(b) does not automatically render the juvenile's written statement inadmissible; suppression requires a causal‑connection analysis under Article 38.23(a). The Court vacated the Court of Appeals' judgment and remanded for further proceedings. A dissent argued that the notification provision is unrelated to the juvenile's rights and should not trigger the exclusionary rule, while two concurrences agreed with the judgment but offered differing rationales.