Matz v. State

OPINION

in which McCORMICK, P.J., and MEYERS, MANSFIELD, PRICE, HOLLAND, and WOMACK, J.J., joined.

Appellant Harold Lee Matz was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced by the jury to life imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. After complainant T.M. testified at trial, the trial court admitted into evidence a videotaped interview with T.M. which Child Protective Services (CPS) had filmed before trial. In the court of appeals, appellant complained, inter alia, that the trial court erred in admitting the videotape because it was inadmissible hearsay. In affirming the…