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Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Evidentiary Instructions—Confessions

3.15  Content of Instruction Regarding Oral Recorded Statements

Comment

Section 3(a) of article 38.22 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure explicitly requires for recorded oral statements that warnings have actually been given and waivers made. The proof must show that this actually occurred and that it occurred “during the recording.” Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.22, § 3(a).