NO. 10-0859 - Supreme Court of Texas

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IDENTITY OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL Petitioner: M.P.A. Petitioner’s trial counsel: F. Clinton Broden BRODEN & MICKELSEN 2600 State Street Dallas, Texas 75204 Nancy E. Kennedy 6440 N. Central Expressway Suite 203 Dallas, Texas 75206 James H. Kreimeyer, Jr. P.O. Box 727 Belton, Texas 76513-0727 Petitioner’s counsel on appeal: F. Clinton Broden BRODEN & MICKELSEN 2600 State Street Dallas, Texas 75204 Deborah Hankinson HANKINSON LEVINGER L.L.P. 750 North St. Paul Street, Suite 1800 Dallas, Texas 75201 Dustin M. Howell BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 1500 Austin, Texas 78701-3089 Respondent: State of Texas Respondent’s trial and appellate counsel: Richard J. Miller John T. Gauntt, Jr. James Murphy BELL COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE P.O. Box 1127 Belton, Texas 76513 i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Identity of Parties and Counsel............................................................................................. i Index of Authorities............................................................................................................iv Statement of the Case ......................................................................................................... vi Statement of Jurisdiction ..................................................................................................viii Issues Presented (Briefed) .................................................................................................. ix Issues Presented (Unbriefed).............................................................................................. ix Statement of Facts ............................................................................................................... 1 I. Background: Abuse allegations in the midst of a bitter custody dispute. .......................................................................................................... 1 II. M.P.A.’s adjudication and disposition. ......................................................... 3 A. Based primarily on the testimony of the alleged victim, M.P.A. is adjudicated delinquent. ...................................................... 3 B. Relying on the testimony of Willoughby, the State convinces the jury to sentence M.P.A. to twenty years’ confinement................ 4 III. S.A. recants, stating that her mother manipulated her testimony as a means of preventing her father from obtaining custody. .............................. 6 IV. Willoughby’s false testimony comes to light................................................ 7 Summary of the Argument .................................................................................................. 8 Argument............................................................................................................................. 9 I. The court of appeals erred when it held that Willoughby’s testimony would have been admitted by the trial court despite the fact that it was false and completely inaccurate. .......................................................... 10 A. The basis for Willoughby’s testimony did not satisfy this Court’s relevance and reliability standards established in Robinson........................................................................................... 10 ii
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