Garcia v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 65 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2019 · most notably Wesbrook v. State (2000), Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman (2007)
1 federal appellate · 65 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Escobedo v. Illinois · Boykin v. State · Harris v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[Garcia] was transported to the Plano Police Department. He was read his “Miranda” warnings repeatedly. He subsequently confessed, both orally and in writing, to the murders of both Turski and Martin. His confessions were videotaped, and a separate written confession was prepared for each offense.The statement was completed at 9:05 a.m. on January 5, 1991. Each page is signed by [Garcia] and two witnesses. The statement was taken by Det. David Wilson of the Plano Police Department. At the top of the first page of the statement appears the following: I, the undersigned Gustavo Julian Garcia, am 18 years of age, having been born on 9- 27-72 at_I now live at 804 N. Tennessee, McKinney, Tx. I have been duly warned and advised by Det. David Wilson, a person who has identified himself as an office of the Plano Police Department, that: GG[](1) I have the right to remain silent and not make any statement at all and any statement I make will be used against me at my trial. GG[ ](2) Any statement I make will be used as evidence against me in court. GG[](3) I have the right to have a lawyer present to advise me prior to an during questioning; GG[](4) If I am unable to employ a lawyer, I have the right to have a lawyer appointed (without cost to me) to advise me prior to and during my questioning; and GG[ ](4)[sic] I have the right to terminate the interview at any time. Before each of the numbered warnings appear the initials “G.G.” These warnings are repeated on each page of the statem”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The evidence at trial established that on December 9,1990 [Garcia] and Christopher Vargas entered a liquor store, Beverage Warehouse, in the city of Plano.. [Garcia] was armed with a single shot .20 gauge sawed-off shotgun and had additional shells in his possession. [Garcia] ordered the clerk, Craig Turski, to give him the money from the cash register. At the same time, Vargas took beer from the store and put it in their car. A female customer walked in the store, saw [Garcia], and immediately left. [Garcia] shot Turski at close range in the abdomen. Turski fled outside the store, pursued by [Garcia]. [Garcia] then reloaded the shotgun and shot Tur-ski in the back of the head. The female customer, Donna Delozier Sawtelle, subsequently returned to the store with her husband. Finding the store deserted, they called the police. Turski was found and was transported to the hospital, where he - later died from gunshot wounds. On January 5, 1991 at. about 12:30 a.m., Vargas, [Garcia] and [Garcia’s] girlfriend (Sheila Phanae Loe) stopped at a Texaco station in Plano. While Loe pumped gas, [Garcia] and Vargas entered the station with the same .20 gauge shotgun used to kill Turski. The clerk, Gregory Martin, was on the phone with his girlfriend. As he saw them enter, he informed her he thought he was about to be robbed and asked her to call the police. Martin was taken into a back room and shot at point blank range in the back of the head. He died at the scene. [Garcia] claimed Vargas”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) he has the right to remain silent and not make any statement at all and that any statement he makes may be used against him at his trial; (2) any statement he makes may be used as evidence against him in court; (3) he has the right to have a lawyer present to advise him prior to and during any questioning; (4) if he is unable to employ a lawyer, he has the right to have a lawyer appointed to advise him prior to any questioning; and (5)he has the right to terminate the interview at any time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Castelan v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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