Legal Opinion
in Re: The State of Texas
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided August 31, 2020No. 08-19-00151-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § IN RE No. 08-19-00151-CR § THE STATE OF TEXAS, AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING § Relator. IN MANDAMUS § OPINION At the outset, this mandamus looked to test the limits to which a trial court can order the State to respond to expert-witness discovery in a criminal case. Based on the Michael Morton Act’s amendments to Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the trial court ordered the State to comply with what might be viewed as broad discovery requests. To challenge that order, the State filed this mandamus action against the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Burrow v. ArceTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- In Re STATE of Texas Ex Rel. David P. WEEKSCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
- Zuniga v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2018
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