Bullock v. State

I agree with the majority opinion that appellant did not object at trial, or argue on appeal, that Lindsey’s statements inculpating appellant did not qualify as statements against interest because they were not against Lindsey’s penal interest. Nevertheless, appellant did argue that Lindsey’s statements were not reliable. I would hold that unreliability is the foundation for the whole line of cases establishing that statements of co-defendants are inadmissible as to those portions inculpating a defendant. Accordingly, appellant adequately preserved error that I would hold is reversible. I…