Hyde v. State

OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of injury to a child, and the trial court assessed punishment at twenty years in prison. We affirm.

Appellant complains that the trial court erred by admitting evidence that he knowingly failed to appear for his first scheduled trial more than a year after the offense. Appellant argues, in point one, that this evidence was not relevant to any issue on guilt, in point two, that it was not admissible under the Texas Rules of Evidence, and in point three, that if the evidence was probative, it was inadmissible because of its…