Legal Opinion
Bowie v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 19, 2004No. 639-03, 773-03, 774-03PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · HolcombHolcomb, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, and JOHNSON, JJ., joined.
The question presented in these companion cases is whether punishment testimony by a defendant offered in the course of a “timely pass for plea” proceeding is protected by Texas Rule of Evidence 410. We hold that it is. We therefore affirm the judgment of the Dallas Court of Appeals 1 and reverse the judgment of the Tyler Court of Appeals2.
I. The Relevant Facts
On October 29, 2000, appellant shot Michael Wideman at a fast-food restaurant in Smith County. On May 10, 2001, appellant testified to a Smith County Grand Jury that: 1) he…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- United States v. Robert H. Davis, United States of America v. George D. GelestinoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Dyar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Gutierrez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
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4Cited by30 opinions
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- Stringer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
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- Stanley Deon Harper v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2019
- Hayden v. Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2005
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