Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Raymond Taylor, Appellant v. the State of Texas
January 26, 20002000 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 9
Summary
The Court held that the abolition of the juvenile exception to the accomplice witness rule in Blake v. State applies retroactively to all cases pending on direct appeal or not yet final, and affirmed the Court of Appeals judgment. Justice Mansfield dissented, arguing the rule should not be applied retroactively.