Hammer v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion by:

REBECCA SIMMONS, Justice.

Appellant Murray Hammer was convicted by a jury of two counts of indecency with a child and sentenced to fifteen years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On appeal, Hammer asserts the trial court erred in excluding impeachment evidence of the complainant’s previous false allegations of sexual assault in violation of the Confrontation Clause. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Factual Background

During the summer of 2005, fifteen year old P.H. went to live with her father, Appellant…