Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Isaiah Paul Delao, Appellant v. the State of Texas

September 26, 20072007 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1231

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court’s admission of a videotaped confession, holding that the totality‑of‑the‑circumstances standard for determining voluntariness applies equally to mentally retarded or mentally ill defendants as to persons of normal mental capacity.