Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Circumstances of a complaining witness's recantation of her testimony cast sufficient doubt on its validity, where the witness recanted only after moving in with persons friendly to the defendant, evidence showed pressure and threats against witness to recant, and testimony demonstrated that the witness's mother depended on the defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/01/2002
• Published 05/01/2002

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sandy S. Gately, Gatesville, for Appellant., Jeffrey L. Van Horn, First Asst. St. Atty., Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State