Armstrong v. Collin County Bail Bond Board

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• affirming imposition of death-penalty sanctions where party “deliberately destroyed” tapes at center of dispute after trial court ordered party to produce tapes
• reversing sanctions award when “it appear[ed] that the trial court based its findings on the ultimate merits of the pleadings and nothing more”
• reversing sanctions and noting that the trial court did not hold a hearing before assessing sanctions for bad faith pleadings and thus it heard no evidence about the underlying facts that supported the award of sanctions
• reversing sanctions and noting that the trial court did not hold a hearing before assessing sanctions for bad faith pleadings and thus it heard no evidence about the underlying facts that supported the award of sanctions
• reversing sanctions and noting that the trial court did not hold a hearing before assessing sanctions for bad faith pleadings and thus it heard no evidence about the underlying facts that supported the award of sanctions

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