[DOWNLOAD] "Melvin Wayne Duggan v. State Texas" by Supreme Court Of Utah * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Melvin Wayne Duggan v. State Texas
- Author : Supreme Court Of Utah
- Release Date : January 18, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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Appellant was convicted of aggravated possession of amphetamine and sentenced to fifty years confinement and a $50,000 fine. On appeal to the Eleventh Court of Appeals, appellant urged that the States failure to correct the misleading testimony of two accomplice witnesses, who denied they exchanged their testimony for leniency in their cases, denied him due process and due course of law. In an unpublished opinion, the court of appeals affirmed the conviction, concluding without authority that because the record showed that no "formal" arrangement existed between the State and the accomplices, appellant was not entitled to show the jury that any agreement existed. Duggan v. State, No. 11-86-032-CR (Tex. App. - Eastland 1987). We granted petition for discretionary review to consider the question whether an agreement for leniency must be formalized before its introduction to the jury as evidence is proper. Tex.R.App.Pro., Rule 200(c)(2).