Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 10/15/1997

Williams v. State

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958 S.W.2d 186
1997 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 79
1997 WL 631981

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holding that the balancing test is presumed to have been conducted if the trial record is silent on the test
holding that the trial court’s erroneous denial of the defendant’s request to move for expert psychiatric assistance ex parte was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt as to the sentencing phase and therefore reversing the defendant’s death sentence
holding that the trial court's erroneous denial of the defendant's request to move for expert psychiatric assistance ex parte was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt as to the sentencing phase and therefore reversing the defendant's death sentence
holding trial court has no discretion as to whether to conduct balancing test under Rule 403
holding trial court has no discretion whether to conduct balancing test under Rule 403
stating that under the corpus delecti rule, an extrajudicial confession, standing alone, is not enough to support a conviction; other evidence must exist showing that a crime has in fact been committed

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Judges: Meyers, Mansfield, Keller, McCormigk, Holland

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