Legal Opinion

Delapaz, Oscar Pena

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 18, 2008No. PD-1168-07Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

No. PD-1168-07

OSCAR PENA DE LA PAZ, Appellant (1)

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

IN CAUSE NO. 11-06-00146-CR FROM THE ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS

NOLAN COUNTY

Holcomb, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Meyers, Price, Johnson, Hervey, and Cochran, JJ., joined. Keasler, J., concurred in the result. Keller, P.J., and Womack, J., dissented.

The trial court admitted certain hearsay evidence over appellant's objection that its admission would violate his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him.…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. Whorton v. BocktingSupreme Court of the United States · 2007

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