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Last Tulia defendant sees case overturned by Texas CCA

Here's a coda to the "Tulia" episode worth noting, via the Amarillo Globe-News ("Decade old conviction overturned," July 1):The state's highest criminal appeals court on Wednesday overturned the aggravated robbery conviction of a man arrested during the Tulia drug sting more than a decade ago.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals released a ruling Wednesday that grants Mandis Barrow, 32, a new court hearing on his probation revocation.In its ruling, the high court said Barrow was entitled to a new hearing because of questions about former narcotics agent Tom Coleman's reliability and "pattern of perjury."Barrow was serving deferred adjudication, a type of probation, for aggravated robbery when Coleman leveled charges that Barrow had sold drugs more than a decade ago...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 01, 2010 (boomark / email).