Miranda v. Texas (original by judge hervey)
Annotate this CaseAppellant Christopher Miranda, a high school gymnastics coach in El Paso, was accused of having improper relationships with three of his female students. He confessed to a school administrator to engaging in sexual intercourse with each student. This case involved one of those students and whether the corpus delicti of the offenses perpetrated against her was shown by independent corroborating evidence. The court of appeals concluded that they had not, finding instead no evidence corroborating Appellant’s confession and that the closely-related-crimes exception to strict application of the corpus delicti rule did not apply. It rendered acquittals on some counts. After review, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals disagreed with the appellate court and reinstated Appellant's convictions.
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