Garth Bates, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed Garth Bates' conviction for bribery, holding that the Texas bribery statute was neither vague nor overbroad, the indictment was sufficient, the evidence—including tape recordings and seized money—was lawfully admitted, and the trial court's evidentiary rulings were not reversible error. A dissent argued that the denial of an independent examination of the original tapes was reversible error.