Fonseca v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding trial court abused its discretion in excluding statements telling consistent story tending to exonerate defendant
• the fact that the declarant made the statement against his penal interest to a friend corroborated the trustworthiness of the statement
• the fact that the declarant made the statement Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review - Page 11 against his penal interest to a friend corroborated the trustworthiness of the statement

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• James v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-13· cited 234×
• Lester v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-11-05· cited 19×
• Eby v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2005-08-31· cited 11×
• Tarita James v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2003-01-09
• Ronald A. Eby v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2005-04-06
• Chad Lester v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-11-05
• Gary George v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-08-05
• Arreola, Jose Ismael
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-02-06

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-01-18· cited 146×
• Cunningham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-05-25· cited 78×
• Cunningham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-05-05· cited 19×