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Case Essay: The Texas Vs. Cobb
In the Texas vs Cobb case a man named Raymond Levi Cobb was first arrested in 1994 and confessed to a home burglary. In this process he denied that he killed the woman and child in the home but later confessed to his father which his father then went to report this to the police. Even though Cobb later waived his Miranda rights and confessed he was still indicted and sentenced to death. Cobb argued to the Texas Court of Appeals that after his confession he was denied his right to counsel because his request for an attorney wasn’t renewed after the burglary case. The Court later said that the right to counsel carries onto the reason charged if any other offenses are closely related to the case. It was then declared with a five to four vote under
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