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Miller v. State

Citations

  • 36 S.W.3d 503
  • 2001 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 4
  • 2001 WL 37851

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  • holding that it was reversible error to exclude defendant’s proffered testimony that pimp assaulted her shortly after she delivered cocaine to informer, when offered as to her duress defense
  • providing that this standard applies when the accused complains that the exclusion of evidence denied him his constitutional right to a meaningful opportunity to present a defense
  • explaining that evidence must be both material and probative to be relevant
  • explaining that evidence must be material and probative to be relevant
  • confirming defendant has fundamental right to present evidence of defense as long as evidence is relevant and not excluded by an established evidentiary rule
  • applying abuse-of-discretion standard of review to case in which right to present complete defense was implicated

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

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