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.