Legal Opinion
Potier v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 13, 2002No. 1542-99PublishedCited by 462 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWomack, J.
KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
The issues in this case involve the harmless-error rules for the erroneous exclusion of evidence that a defendant offered.
I. The Case
The jury convicted the appellant of the murder of Willie ‘Wolf’ Ratliff, and the trial judge sentenced him to confinement for 10 years. The appellant’s defense was that he acted in self-defense. The trial court excluded testimony of rumors that the appellant and a neighbor had heard from people in his neighborhood that the victim intended to kill him on the day of the shooting. The appellant…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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