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Stewart v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 7, 1986No. 6-85-022-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Tommy Lee Stewart was convicted of murder and assessed punishment of life imprisonment. On appeal he does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, but urges that reversible error was committed when the prosecution was allowed to introduce evidence referring to polygraph tests.

The testimony complained of was:

Q. Sergeant Rice, you stated earlier that you did in fact investigate Michael Riley; is that right?

A. Yes, sir, that’s correct.

Q. And you said that you talked to witnesses?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. You relied upon Tommy Lee Stewart’s statement…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Nethery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Crawford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Wright v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
  2. Sparks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
  3. in the Matter of D.L., a Juvenile, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2005
  4. Bradley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2001
  5. Long v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989

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