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Williams v. State

Citations

  • 116 S.W.3d 788
  • 2003 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 509
  • 2003 WL 22240569

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  • finding that the analysis of whether voice exemplar is testimonial or not is unaffected by which side offered the evidence
  • explaining that Fifth Amendment applies only to “testimonial communications that are incriminating”
  • noting Fifth Amendment applies only to incriminating evidence that is testimonial in nature
  • noting Fifth Amendment applies only to incriminating evidence that is testimonial in nature
  • “‘while one’s voice and handwriting are, of course, means of communication,’ a voice or handwriting exemplar ‘is an identifying physical characteristic’”
  • ―‗[W]hile one‘s voice and handwriting are, of course, means of communication,‘ a voice or handwriting exemplar ‗is an identifying physical characteristic.‘‖

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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