Legal Opinion
Iness v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 10, 1980No. 55612PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of rape under the former code, Article 1183, V.A.P.C. *308The jury assessed his punishment at twenty-five years.
The main contention is that the prosecution suppressed evidence. We hold that the report allegedly suppressed was not exculpatory. There must be a suppression of material evidence according to all of the cases before a case will be reversed. The alleged suppressed evidence was not admissible, material or exculpatory. The dissent would adopt a new test that a reversal may be had when suppressed material “ ‘may have had an effect on the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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