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Cofield v. State

Citations

  • 891 S.W.2d 952
  • 1994 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 113
  • 1994 WL 583655

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that from facts it was “obvious that the trial court and the parties were well aware that the evidence was being proffered as an exception to the hearsay rule as a statement against the passenger's penal interest”
  • noting in its analysis of the existence of corroborating circumstances that declarant made statement to arresting officer
  • identifying challenged evidence as hearsay should generally be regarded as sufficiently specific objection
  • \Identifying challenged evidence as hearsay should generally be regarded as sufficiently specific objection.\
  • \we find the Supreme Court's reasoning and analysis [in Williamson ] persuasive.\
  • proponent of hearsay has the burden of showing that the testimony fits within an exception to the general rule prohibiting the admission of hearsay evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Overstreet, McCormick, Maloney, Campbell, White, Meyers

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121 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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