Legal Opinion

Aaron Zane Somers v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided November 24, 2010No. 10-09-00387-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-09-00387-CR AARON ZANE SOMERS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee From the 272nd District Court Brazos County, Texas Trial Court No. 08-00910-CRF-272 DISSENTING OPINION I respectfully dissent because I believe the trial court abused its discretion by excluding the EMIT test results and, as a result, deprived Somers of his due process right to present a defense. The trial court excluded this evidence because it found “no nexus” between the test results and Michelle Briggs’s death. At the time of the collision, Briggs’s car was parked slightly on the…

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  1. Potier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Kirsch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  3. Cameron v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Wiley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  5. Stewart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004

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