KP-0055

Ken Paxton

Categories

County, District, and Criminal District Attorneys , Criminal District Attorneys , County, District, and Criminal District Attorneys , District Attorneys , Criminal Procedure , Evidence , State Boards, Commissions, Departments , Words and Phrases

Summary

Under Code of Criminal Procedure article 39.14(h), the Texas Forensic Science Commission has no duty to notify relevant parties of exculpatory, impeachment, or mitigating information.|Forensic Science Commission - Under Code of Criminal Procedure article 39.14(h), the Texas Forensic Science Commission has no duty to notify relevant parties of exculpatory, impeachment, or mitigating information.|Given the conclusion that the Texas Forensic Science Commission likely has no notification duties under Code of Criminal Procedure article 39.14(h), the Commission's prosecutor member would have only the duty to comply with article 39.14 that he or she would have in his or her capacity as a prosecutor for the state.|State

Opinion File

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