Wiley v. State

OPINION

KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, PRICE, HERVEY, and HOLCOMB, JJ.

Appellant claims that the trial court denied him his constitutional right to present a defense when it excluded portions of his sworn statement to an insurance investigator and testimony by a witness that a different person — a Mr. Thomas — might have had some involvement in committing the arson for which appellant was convicted. 1 Because we conclude, under the standards set out in Potier v. State, 2 that appellant was not deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to present a defense, we affirm the decision of the Third Court of…