Legal Opinion

Eric Paul Michael v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)

Decided February 14, 2008No. 02-04-00207-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO. 2-04-207-CR

ERIC PAUL MICHAEL APPELLANT

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

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FROM THE 371ST DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY

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MEMORANDUM OPINION (footnote: 1) ON REMAND

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On original submission of this appeal, we affirmed the decision of the trial court and held that, historically, impeachment of a witness with prior inconsistent statements is always an attack on the character of the witness, thus allowing rehabilitative evidence of truthfulness under Texas Rules of Evidence 608(a). Michael v. State , 173 S.W.3d 829, 833…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  3. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Burden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001

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