Legal Opinion

Coty, Leroy Edward

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 4, 2014No. WR-79,318-02PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.

in which, KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

Applicant, Leroy Edward Coty, seeks relief based on the use of evidence that was alleged to be sufficiently unreliable so as to render its use at trial to convict him a violation of due process. The habeas court issued findings of fact and conclusions of law recommending that we deny relief because the State rebutted the inference of falsity and, even if the inference of falsity had not been rebutted, the habeas court concluded that the evidence was not material to Applicant’s conviction. After…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chavez, Ex Parte AdrianCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
  2. Coty, Leroy EdwardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014

4Cited by4 opinions

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  3. Pryor, Michael ArbaryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
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