Coleman v. State

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

Lawron Coleman was convicted of murder and sentenced to twenty-five years’ confinement. On original submission, we determined that the court erred in quashing the subpoenas of two newspaper reporters because they failed to demonstrate a basis for quashing the subpoenas, thereby violating Coleman’s Sixth Amendment right to compulsory process. See Coleman v. State, 915 S.W.2d 80 (Tex.App.—Waco 1996), rev’d, 966 S.W.2d 525 (Tex.Crim.App.1998). 1 After initially affirming our decision, the Court of Criminal Appeals determined on rehearing that Coleman “did not make the…