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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 9 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Luis Oscar Sarmiento-Perez.

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1 United States v. Luis Oscar Sarmiento-Perez Anchor
ca5 · 1981
green “this was not a spontaneous declaration made to friends and confederates, but a custodial confession, given under potentially coercive circumstances that could not at trial and cannot now be adequately examined.” 3
2 Woods v. State
texcrimapp · 2004
green “a confession is a statement against penal interest, and it is viewed as reliable.” 3
3 Bingham v. State
texcrimapp · 1999
green “first, the trial court must determine whether the statement in question tends to expose the declarant to criminal liability.” 3

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