Legal Opinion
Pope v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 3, 2005No. 2-03-195-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOB McCOY, Justice.
INTRODUCTION
A jury found appellant, Curtis Wayne Pope, Jr., guilty of murder, and the trial judge sentenced him to life imprisonment. In six points on appeal, Pope complains that the trial court erred by (1) allowing the State to elicit testimony regarding Pope’s appointed DNA expert in violation of the work-product component of his attorney-client privilege, (2 & 3) excluding testimony elicited by Pope on cross-examination of certain State witnesses in violation of Pope’s Sixth Amendment right of confrontation, (4) improperly instructing the jury, (5) allowing…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Frank v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Trent Mason v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013
- Pope v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Strickland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Romeo Hinojosa v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2014
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