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Byrd v. State

Citations

  • 187 S.W.3d 436
  • 2005 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 2128
  • 2005 WL 3408054

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  • holding as inadmissible in murder trial a statement made by appellant’s brother rhetorically asking why appellant had to hit the victim because statement did not advance objective of later conspiracy to hinder appellant’s apprehension
  • Cocon-spirator exemption from the hearsay rule is based on agency principles, the underlying notion being that a conspiracy is a common undertaking where the conspirators are agents of one another and where the acts and statements of one can be attributed to all.
  • Coconspirator exemption from the hearsay rule is based on agency principles, the underlying notion being that a conspiracy is a common undertaking where the conspirators are agents of one another and where the acts and statements of one can be attributed to all.

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Judges: Hervey, Keller, Meyers, Keasler, Holcomb, Cochran, Price, Johnson, Womack

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