Larry Wayne Wooten v. Rick Thaler, Director, TDCJ
Mar 02, 2010OUTCOME: The state has no constitutional duty to disclose incriminating evidence prior to making a plea offer.
Wooten, a death-row inmate, argued that he was entitled to reversal of his conviction because the state allegedly withheld incriminating evidence during the plea-bargaining phase of the trial. He clai ... ms that had he known how strong the case was against him, he would have elected to accept the plea offer made.
