Legal Opinion
Leonard, William Thomas
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 21, 2012No. PD-0551-10PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
Opinion on Rehearing
2Opinion of the Court · WomackWomack, J.
in which PRICE, JOHNSON, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.
We withdraw our opinion of March 7, 2012, and issue this opinion in its place.
The appellant’s deferred-adjudication community supervision was revoked based on the results of polygraph examinations. The Court of Appeals held that this evidence was inadmissible, and therefore the trial court abused its discretion. We shall affirm the Court of Appeals.
I. Background
A. Trial Court Proceedings
The appellant was indicted for aggravated sexual assault. In November 2004, he pled guilty to injury to a child and was placed on…
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