BRUTON v. STATE

No. PD-1265-13.

428 S.W.3d 865 (2014)

Cain BRUTON, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig M. Price , Lewisville, TX, for Appellant.

Charles E. Orbison , Assistant District Attorney, Denton, Lisa C. McMinn , State's Attorney, Austin, TX, for the State.


KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.

In this case, we must determine whether two State's exhibits that purport to be foreign public documents or records were properly authenticated under Rules of Evidence 902(3) and (4).1 Although the documents meet some of the requirements of the rules, we hold that the documents were not properly authenticated because neither was accompanied by a final certification from a diplomatic...

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