Taylor v. State

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• holding that, if Taylor’s objection could not have been fairly construed as relating to the voir dire restriction, then Taylor would have waived error
• reasoning that the tenets of Ake could, in principle, require the appointment of a DNA expert to assist the defense
• where record is clear that trial court understood objection and legal basis therefore, error is preserved despite appellant’s failure to state magic words “I object”
• where context was clear from record, error was preserved despite failure to state “magic words,” “I object”
• where record is clear that trial court understood objection and legal basis therefore, error is preserved despite appellant's failure to state magic words \I object\
• “If appellant demonstrated the complexity of the issues involved and the importance of the requested expert testimony vis-a-vis a viable defense, then he would have been entitled to a DNA expert”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-10-15· cited 716×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-05-21· cited 330×
• Jimenez, Ex Parte Rosa Estela Olvera
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-04-25· cited 212×
• Franks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-10-24· cited 191×
• Flores, Ex Parte Gerardo
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-12-05· cited 139×
• Murray v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2000-08-02· cited 104×
• Pope v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-11-15· cited 84×
• Booker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-20· cited 82×
• Lemasurier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-21· cited 81×
• Hollingsworth v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-03-30· cited 75×
• Haliburton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-07-03· cited 61×
• State v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-08-31· cited 61×
• Pope v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2005-03-03· cited 55×
• Smith, William A/K/A Bill Smith
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-06-08· cited 50×
• Brink v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-06-06· cited 49×
• Gutierrez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-11-09· cited 46×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-12-14· cited 45×
• Ex Parte Smith
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-01· cited 44×
• Cesar Gomez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-01-23· cited 41×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-03· cited 36×