State v. Williams

I concur in the result but do not agree with the majority opinion that the failure of discovery problem was caused by the act of trial defense counsel. New appellant counsel for defendant has not furnished this court with a copy of defendant’s motion for discovery under Rule 25.08. We cannot determine what information was requested of the State in the motion for discovery and for that reason cannot find trial court error in denying relief for failure of the State to produce under defendant’s motion for discovery. Further, the two witnesses called by the State were endorsed on the Indictment.…