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FED. R. EVID. 404 ................................................................................................ 60 FED. R. EVID. 804 .......................................................................................... 31, 32 HOBBS ACT, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 ........................................................................... 133 FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS U.S. CONST. amend. V ................................................................................... passim U.S. CONST. amend. VI ................................................................................. passim U.S. CONST. amend. VIII ............................................................................... passim U.S. CONST. amend. XIV .............................................................................. passim U.S. CONST. Art. I .............................................................................. 118, 129, 133 TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS TEX. CONST. Art. 1, § 3 ................................................................................ passim TEX. CONST. Art. 1, § 3a ............................................................................... passim TEX. CONST. Art. 1, § 10 ............................................................................... passim TEX. CONST. Art. 1, § 13 ............................................................................... passim TEX. CONST. Art. 1, § 15 .............................................................................. passim TEX. CONST. Art. 1, § 19 ............................................................................... passim TEX. CONST. Art. 1, § 29 ............................................................................... passim TEXAS STATUTES AND RULES TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 12.01 ..................................................... 30, 31, 50 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 12.03 ..................................................... 30, 31, 50 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 19.01 ................................................................. 81 xxiv
TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 19.06 ................................................................. 81 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 19.34 ................................................................. 82 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 19.37 ................................................................. 81 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 32.02 ................................................................. 49 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 36.29 ............................................................... 139 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 36.15 ............................................................... 130 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 36.29 ............................................................... 139 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 38.22 .......................................................... passim TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 37.071 ............................................. 121, 127, 133 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 37.0711 ...................................................... passim TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 38.22 ................................. 102, 105, 107, 111, 149 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 38.23 ................................................................. 114 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 44.2 ................................................................... 42 TEX. CODE OF CRIM. PROC. Art. 727 (Vernon 1956) ........................................... 105 TEX. RULE OF EVIDENCE 401 .............................................................................. 133 TEX. RULE OF EVIDENCE 403 .............................................................................. 133 TEX. RULE OF EVIDENCE 404 ............................................................ 26, 59, 60, 133 TEX. RULE OF EVIDENCE 703 ............................................................................. 126 TEX. RULE OF EVIDENCE 705 .............................................................................. 126 TEX. RULE OF EVIDENCE 803 .................................................. 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, 94 TEX. RULE OF EVIDENCE 806 .............................................................. 30, 31, 39, 40 xxv
Page 1 and 2: NO. AP-75,363 IN THE COURT OF CRIMI
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Identity of
Page 5 and 6: Appellant’s Ninth Point of Error
Page 7 and 8: (a) The trial court committed rever
Page 9 and 10: TABLE OF AUTHORITIES FEDERAL CASES
Page 11 and 12: Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 1
Page 13 and 14: Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (19
Page 15 and 16: United States v. Lewis, 592 F.2d 12
Page 17 and 18: Bufkin v. State, 207 S.W.3d 779 (Te
Page 19 and 20: Matamoros v. State, 901 S.W.2d 470
Page 21 and 22: Smith v. State, 70 S.W.3d 848 (Tex.
Page 23: Vasquez v. State, 919 S.W.2d 433 (T
Page 27 and 28: TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF
Page 29 and 30: answered special issue No. 3, the "
Page 31 and 32: STATEMENT OF FACTS Midnight on July
Page 33 and 34: front doors was Felsher (the only f
Page 35 and 36: police he could probably identify h
Page 37 and 38: At Max Soffar’s retrial, the tria
Page 39 and 40: officer interpreted as meaning that
Page 41 and 42: owling alley and Bloomfield entered
Page 43 and 44: took their wallets. (30 RR 163). Af
Page 45 and 46: 24 then allegedly showed them the g
Page 47 and 48: 9) Soffar did not mention the ruse
Page 49 and 50: Alvin at approximately 9 or 10:00 a
Page 51 and 52: 33 could find in the family’s med
Page 53 and 54: When Soffar was given positive atte
Page 55 and 56: as Soffar’s childhood, focusing o
Page 57 and 58: justification to block its admissio
Page 59 and 60: shot him. Id. In his sworn affidavi
Page 61 and 62: 1980, providing a foundation for in
Page 63 and 64: 53 Burks, 876 S.W.2d at 904-05. Coo
Page 65 and 66: inquiry by Cook, who had no connect
Page 67 and 68: court had relied on state evidentia
Page 69 and 70: affidavit. (26 RR 91-94). The prose
Page 71 and 72: 68 perpetrator” theory. The one-s
Page 73 and 74: scene that matched those of Soffar
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Other evidence confirmed that Soffa
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other than the Defendant committed
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Defense counsel’s request was for
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was available. (26 RR 91-94). His t
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United States v. Waddell, 507 F.2d
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wore no mask or disguise. (32 RR 89
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101 to lie in a group, either in a
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proposed a crime-scene expert who c
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were remarkably similar to the Fair
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operandi inadmissible. This Court h
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First Point of Error. Precluding Re
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Exhibits 58, 60). See also (45 RR 3
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the defense could not point to the
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In any event, there was evidence sh
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esult was a prosecution case untest
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43 RR Defense Exhibits 7, 8, and 9
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testimony (via admission through st
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1970-1980 Representation of Women A
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CODE CRIM. PROC. Arts. 19.01; 19.06
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and Appellant’s right to a fair c
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section and due process claims. See
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RR 19). Because the State failed to
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159 including Sims’s shirt, bulle
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degree of negligence involved, the
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ecause of factual insufficiency. Wa
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present a defense. Because the pros
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Finally, ineffective counsel missed
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Sgt. Clawson and Officer Willoughby
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State’s Exhibit 108). The content
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[accused’s] statement to be a req
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protecting the rights of suspects d
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Following Appellant’s second puta
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617 S.W.2d 211, 221 (Tex. Crim. App
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unimpeached, or contradicted.” Th
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198 (Tex. Crim. App. 1977). Failure
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to instruct the jury on this issue
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202 circumstantial evidence charge)
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the defendant proffers in support o
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ight to present reliable evidence o
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Court should set aside Soffar’s d
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introduce relevant mitigating evide
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out of place) and (3) that the atte
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(d) The trial court committed rever
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considering, and may not refuse to
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PROCEDURE Article 37.071, by the Si
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element of a greater offense.” Ri
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eyond a reasonable doubt. The trial
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polled and stated unanimous agreeme
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the difference between life and dea
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231 and 430% more than San Antonio.
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seek the execution of death-eligibl
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Crim. App. 1986). Where a preponder
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243 law was the only plausible reas
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Conclusion and Prayer WHEREFORE, PR
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Appendix A Shared Characteristics C
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