Webb v. Texas, 409 U.S. 95 (1972)

Name: Webb v. Texas, 409 U.S. 95 (1972) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Webb v. Texas

No. 71-6647

Decided December 4, 1972
409 U.S. 95

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

Syllabus

Trial court’s extended admonition to petitioner’s only witness to refrain from lying, coupled with threats of dire consequences if witness did lie, effectively discouraged the witness from testifying at all and deprived petitioner of due process of law by denying him the opportunity to present witnesses in his own defense.

Certiorari granted; 480 S.W.2d 398, reversed.

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