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Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. 14 (1967), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court decided that the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution (guaranteeing the right of a criminal defendant to force the attendance of witnesses for their side) is applicable in state courts as well as federal courts. [1]
In criminal law, police perjury, sometimes euphemistically called "testilying", [1] [2] is the act of a police officer knowingly giving false testimony.It is typically used in a criminal trial to "make the case" against defendants believed by the police to be guilty when irregularities during the suspects' arrest or search threaten to result in their acquittal.
The Court ruled that Flood's statements did not constitute an "explicit opinion" on the defendant's state of mind. [4] The Court did, however, acknowledge a circuit split on this question, citing a case [5] from the Fifth Circuit where that court found that such statements are the "functional equivalent" of a prohibited opinion on mental state. [2]
Dr. Phil McGraw testifies to the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence on the trial of Robert Roberson in the Capitol Extension on Monday, Oct. 24, 2024.
A man on death row in Texas who had expected to be executed on Thursday night is now set to testify next week before the state lawmakers who believe he may have been wrongly convicted of murdering ...
A Texas inmate whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert testimony faced execution Thursday evening for the fatal stabbing of a man during a robbery more ...
A dead man's statute, also known as a dead man act or dead man's rule, is a statute designed to prevent perjury in a civil case by prohibiting a witness who is an interested party from testifying about communications or transactions with a deceased person (a "decedent") against the decedent unless there is a waiver.
As a general rule, a witness who is in attendance at a trial in a state other than that of his residence is immune or privileged from the service of civil process (delivery of a subpoena in a civil case, but not a criminal case) while in such a state. Usually, immunity is granted to a witness who voluntarily appears to testify for the benefit ...