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Bowen v. Carnes

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 15, 2011No. AP-76,519PublishedCited by 126 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

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2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.

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

We are called upon in this original mandamus proceeding to determine whether the respondent, the trial court judge in the relators’ pending capital murder prosecution, must rescind an order granting the State’s motion to disqualify the relators’ mutually retained counsel of choice, Robert Phillips. A principal witness in the State’s case, a jailhouse informant by the name of William Ballenger, was a former client of Phillips in an unrelated criminal matter. The State moved to disqualify Phillips…

3Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. United States v. Gonzalez-LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  3. Buntion v. HarmonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Gonzalez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  5. Stearnes v. ClintonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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4Cited by126 opinions

  1. In Re STATE of Texas Ex Rel. David P. WEEKSCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
  2. Padieu, Philippe, Relator v. Court of Appeals of Texas, 5th DistrictCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
  3. In re AllenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
  4. Daniel, Ex Parte Jefferie AnteriesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
  5. in Re State of Texas Ex Rel, Tharp, JenniferCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012

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