Legal Opinion
Wolfe v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 15, 2017No. PD-0292-15PublishedCited by 135 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · AlcalaAlcala, J.
In this opinion, we address whether expert testimony on the subject of abusive head trauma is reliable. Jennifer Banner Wolfe, appellant, presents this issue in her petition for discretionary review following her conviction in a bench trial for first-degree-felony injury to a child after an infant under her care sustained serious internal head injuries. The primary evidence presented at appellant’s trial was the testimony of the State’s three expert witnesses, each of whom opined that the complainant’s injuries were indicative of intentionally inflicted impact, also known as abusive…
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