State v. LaRue

in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

In this case, we must determine whether the exclusion of evidence was an appropriate sanction for the State’s violation of a discovery order. The specific issue before us is whether the court of appeals correctly held that the trial court erred in finding the State’s conduct to be a “willful” violation of the order and in excluding the untimely disclosed evidence on that basis. Because we find that the State’s conduct was not willful, we affirm the court of appeals’ holding that the evidence should not have…