Legal Opinion

Diaz v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided July 20, 2005No. 04-04-00611-CRPublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

In his sole issue, Gabriel Diaz argues that during his community supervision rev ocation hearing, his constitutional right to confront witnesses under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was violated, relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004). Because a community supervision revocation proceeding is not a stage of a criminal prosecution, we hold that Diaz’s right under the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause does not apply. As such, we affirm the judgment…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Trevino v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
  2. In re D.L.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2006
  3. Cantu v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011
  4. Peters v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  5. Wisser v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2011

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