Court Opinion

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Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:22:39.487749+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:09.353348
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CLINTON, J.,
joins the opinion of the Court on the merits, but would remand the *186cause to the Waco Court of Appeals for a harm analysis in the first instance.
STURNS, J., not participating.
APPENDIX
State’s Exhibit No. 10A: Intercepted telephone conversation of April 13, 1987, between Chris Castillo and his parents, Josephine and Ysidro Castillo Sr.
CHRIS: No. But I called a couple of times. Nobody answered.
JOSEPHINE: Well, we were here inside the house. (Inaudible) But it rained so much that it messed up the line or something because when you.... I was trying to call the tax office ...
CHRIS: Ah-ha!
JOSEPHINE: ... and I had just hung up.... ‘cause I asked them two ladies for the number and ...
CHRIS: Ah-ha!
JOSEPHINE: ... she give me the number in Waxahachie.
CHRIS: Ah-ha!
JOSEPHINE: And then.... But I hung up the phone, and then I picked it up, and I tried to dial out.... Somebody was on the line.
CHRIS: Ah-ha!
JOSEPHINE: It was Johnny, Carolina’s brother.
CHRIS: Who? John?
JOSEPHINE: Ah-ha! He said, “I was having a lot of trouble to get your line.” (Pause) (Background noise)
YSIDRO: Hello.
CHRIS: What are you doing, Dad?
YSIDRO: Nothing, son. I just finish arriving from Waxahachie.
CHRIS: Has Curly called you?
YSIDRO: No.
CHRIS: Because he called me this morning.
YSIDRO: Ah-ha.
CHRIS: I’ve been trying to call over there because he told me that he was going to talk to you.
YSIDRO: Oh.
CHRIS: He told me a person had called. YSIDRO: Ah-ha.
CHRIS: And that if there was any chance you could help him with one.
YSIDRO: Ah-ha.
CHRIS: And he said, you know, that the job was good.
YSIDRO: Ah-ha.
CHRIS: But if you could help him with one because that was all you need to give him. And he was just telling me_ Ralph just called me a little while ago.
YSIDRO: Uh.
CHRIS: The white boy says, “Yeah!”
YSIDRO: Uh.
CHRIS: You know, he wanted, he wanted to do just one complete job, too.
YSIDRO: Ah-ha!
CHRIS: Just one quick one, you know? And Curly called me, and then I tried to call over there.... (Inaudible) Then the phone just been ringing and ringing. I could never get through.
YSIDRO: No. He’ll call after while.
CHRIS: Yeah. (Inaudible) He had told me to try to call, you know. To tell you to call him about noon.
YSIDRO: Yes. But the things are to unload the material. Where will he see? That’s why he doesn’t want to.
CHRIS: Yeah. But ...
YSIDRO: But....
CHRIS: ... later he said, he said that he, he told us that he would bring a small truck to go over there. Only with the one.
YSIDRO: Uh, I don’t think so!
CHRIS: I don’t think so, either.
YSIDRO: Ah, no. They go....
CHRIS: But if it works like that, it will be alright. Still_ Because the white boy said that he would come and send everything. All in full. But I, I know he wants to see everything.
YSIDRO: Ah-ha. Me, too! We have to.... We haven’t, we haven’t done anything here in the ranch now.
CHRIS: Yeah!
YSIDRO: If they want to come with the payment of the light.
CHRIS: Yeah.
YSIDRO: Well, I’m going to wait for Chris to call_ Or that one.
*187CHRIS: Okay. I going to go over there.
YSIDRO: Good.
CHRIS: (Inaudible) ... well, to talk about what happened yesterday. (Sighs)
YSIDRO: What happened, man?
CHRIS: Oh, nothing much. The, the Puer-to Rican that I told you about....
YSIDRO: Ah-ha.
CHRIS: ... El Rick ...
YSIDRO: Ah-ha!
CHRIS: We found him yesterday.
YSIDRO: You found him?
CHRIS: Yeah! Because someone stole his car.
YSIDRO: No, man!
CHRIS: Yes. He had all of the money in the car. That’s what he says.
YSIDRO: Oh, that’s bullshit.
CHRIS: Yeah. But....
YSIDRO: Did he owe you a lot?
CHRIS: Ha? Do you remember of the 37 feet of pipe?
YSIDRO: Ah-ha!
CHRIS: But two of those.
YSIDRO: And then they didn’t pay mine, either?
CHRIS: Ha? Yes. They had already paid yours.
YSIDRO: Oh, that’s bullshit! That hard-head.
CHRIS: Yeah! But I found him last night.
YSIDRO: Uh, why didn’t he call or anything?
CHRIS: No. That’s the thing. He hadn’t called because he said he was afraid. Because they stole his car with all of the money in the car.
YSIDRO: That’s bullshit. The hardhead.
CHRIS: Yeah! But he showed us where he lived because he never got in touch with us or nothing.
YSIDRO: Uh.
CHRIS: And then finally, finally there last night we found out where. Do you remember Mike?
YSIDRO: Uh-huh!
CHRIS: The white boy?
YSIDRO: Uh-huh!
CHRIS: He got hold of him and everything and met him somewhere, and then when I got out of the truck, he gave up. He left running.
YSIDRO: No, man!
CHRIS: Yes. Then he jumped the fence, and I went after him, and Ralph ... (laughs) ... went in a little car so he couldn’t see....
(Gap due to tape change)
CHRIS: I told him, “Let’s just sit down and talk,” and he kept telling me of how they stole his car and everything. YSIDRO: That’s bullshit. The hardhead. CHRIS: Well, I’ll see you in a little while. YSIDRO: Okay!
CHRIS: Okay!
YSIDRO: Okay. I’ll see you.
CHRIS: Okay. Bye.