Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed, where Defendant objected to the admission of lab test reports because the State destroyed the substance tested before trial, but failed to preserve his claim that the Texas Constitution's "due course of law" provision is more protective than the federal Due Process Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2009
• Published 04/08/2009

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott Ramsey, Houston, for Appellant., Sue Korioth, Special Prosecutor, Leon County District Atty. Office, Dallas, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.