Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Pioquinto Mendoza, Iii, Appellant v. the State of Texas
October 23, 20022002 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 204
Summary
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court’s refusal to give three fact‑specific jury instruction paragraphs concerning Miranda waiver, alleged inducement, and alleged threats, holding that a general instruction on voluntariness satisfied the statutory requirement and that the excluded paragraphs would have commented on the weight of the evidence.