Raymond Edward Coffey, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the conviction of Raymond Edward Coffey, holding that the State did not err in calling co-defendant Patty Kalmbach, who had been granted use immunity, to testify before the jury despite her invocation of the Fifth Amendment, and that the prosecutor's comments on Coffey's demeanor were not preserved error. Justice Teague dissented, arguing the trial judge erred in forcing Kalmbach to verbalize her refusal and that the jury likely drew an improper inference; Justice Miller concurred, noting no substantive issues were raised.