Rudolph Castillo Arechiga and Jose Moreno Perales v. State of Texas

Petitioners Arechiga and Perales were tried separately in Texas criminal court and convicted of possessing a narcotic drug. On this habeas appeal both petitioners contend that the prosecution knowingly acquiesced in the use of false testimony and that the trial court erroneously refused to allow defense counsel to impeach the main prosecution witness. On oral argument before this court petitioners’ cases were consolidated with three other cases which involved similar factual situations. It was undisputed that our disposition of the above two issues in any one case would of necessity control…