Brake v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “The objection that the money taken from [appellant] should have been produced, rather than permitting the officer’s testimony on the subject, is without merit. In Kilrain v. State, 166 Tex.Cr. R. 265, 313 S.W.2d 299, 300 [2], a similar contention was raised and answered: ‘Appellant next contends that the court erred in permitting the officers to testify as to the money which they found because the money itself was the best evidence. In Dixon v. State, 108 Tex.Cr.R. 650 , 2 S.W.2d 272, 273 , Judge Lattimore said, “We do not think the man who testifies that he found a horse must produce the horse before the jury before his testimony will be received.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jordan