Legal Opinion
State v. DeLeon
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided June 16, 1998No. 07-97-0385-CRPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVIS, Justice.
The State of Texas brings this appeal under article 44.01 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1 challenging an order granting Benjamin DeLeon habeas corpus relief on the basis of double jeopardy. DeLeon was indicted for capital murder for allegedly suffocating his infant son. 2 After defense counsel discovered during trial that the State had not made pretrial production of evidence he believed to be Brady material, 3 defense counsel moved for a mistrial. Believing defense counsel to be correct, the trial court declared a mistrial. The court thereafter barred the State from…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bauder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Little v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Williams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1999
- Castaneda v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2000
- Marchbanks v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011
- Hampton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2001
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