Legal Opinion
De La Paz v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 18, 2008No. PD-1168-07PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
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. On direct appeal, the court of appeals held that the trial court did not err in admitting the evidence. We now reverse and remand.
On October 18, 2005, a Nolan County grand jury returned an indictment charging appellant -with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under Texas Penal Code § 22.021(a)(l)(B)(i). Count one of the indictment alleged…
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