# Sterling v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · December 19, 1990 · 800 S.W.2d 513

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9763172

## Case

- **Full name:** Terry N. STERLING, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** December 19, 1990
- **Citations:** 800 S.W.2d 513; 1990 WL 59250
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Teague
- **Judges:** White, Teague, Clinton, Sturns
- **Cited by:** 217 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that the improper admission of first confession was harmless Ain light of second admissible confession containing substantively the same facts@
- holding that admission of illegally obtained confession was harmless in light of second admissible confession containing substantially same facts
- holding that defendant waived claim of deprivation of due course and due process by failing to object at trial
- concluding that an objection which differs from the error raised on appeal preserves nothing for review
- holding admission of illegally obtained confession was harmless in light of second admissible confession containing substantially same facts

## Opinion text

TEAGUE, J.,
dissents for the reasons expressed in this Court’s opinion in Dunn v. State, 721 S.W.2d 325 (Tex.Cr.App.1986), also see Connor v. State, 773 S.W.2d 13 -15 (Tex.Cr.App.1989), and because admitting into evidence over objection an involuntary confession cannot ever be harmless error to the defendant.
STURNS, J., not participating

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