Court Opinion

ID: 9776277
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:29:23.510749+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:36.483885
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CLINTON, Judge,
dissenting.
When all veneer of verbiage is stripped away the bared reality is that appellant has been denied her constitutional and statutory right to present “witnesses in her favor.” Article I, § 10, Constitution of the State of Texas, and Article 1.05, V.A.C.C.P. Generally I agree with the essence of the dissenting opinion rendered by Justice Murphy; particularly do I subscribe to his cogent observation: “Justice is not served where as in the case before us a defendant is denied the testimony of the only witness to the offense due to a non-existent procedural mandate.” Etter v. State, 629 S.W.2d 839, 842 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th] 1982).
Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.
TEAGUE, J., joins.