Hunt, Rodney Lamont

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 26, 2011
• Docket: PD-0995-10
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

No. PD-0995-10

RODNEY LAMONT HUNT, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS KAUFMAN COUNTY

Per curiam.

OPINION

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years confinement. On

appeal, Appellant claimed that police used a deliberate “question first and warn later”

technique when police gave a “midstream” Miranda warning as discussed by the Supreme

Court in Missouri v. Seibert, 542 U.S. 600 (2004). The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding

that Appellant’s post-Miranda statement was not tainted by a statement that he gave to police 2

before being given the Miranda warnings. Hunt v. State, No. 05-07-01408-CR (Tex.

App.–Dallas, Marcy 16, 2009). Appellant petitioned this Court for discretionary review.

When the Court of Appeals issued its opinion in this case, it did so without the benefit

of this Court’s opinions in Martinez v. State, 272 S.W.3d 615 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008), and

Carter v. State, 309 S.W.3d 31 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010). Therefore, we vacate the judgment

of the Court of Appeals and remand for that court to consider the effect of Martinez and

Carter, if any, on its reasoning and analysis in this case.

En banc

Delivered: January 26, 2011

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