Salazar v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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28 state decisions

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1. “A person having cause to believe that a child's physical or mental health or welfare has been adversely affected by abuse or neglect by any person shall immediately make a report as provided by this subchapter,”); Tex. Fam. Code § 261.109(a) (“A person commits an offense if the person is required to make a report under Section 261.101(a) and knowingly fails to make a report as provided in this chapter.”). . The record does not contain evidence about the result of that report. The State objected to its relevance. . A police officer testifying for the State explained that the father”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bradford v. State

2. “The rule requiring corroboration of confessions protects the administration of the criminal law against errors in convictions based upon untrue confessions alone.”); East v. State, 146 Tex.Crim. 396 , 175 S.W.2d 603, 605 (Tex.Crim.App.1942) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carrizales v. State

3. “The corpus delicti rule guarded against the shocking spectacle and deleterious effect upon the criminal justice system when a murder victim suddenly reappeared, hale and hearty, after his self-confessed murderer had been tried and executed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nisbett, Rex Allen