Legal Opinion
in Re Commitment of Lester Winkle
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided May 22, 2014No. 09-13-00347-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.
Lester Winkle appeals from his civil commitment as a sexually violent predator. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. §§ 841.001-.151 (West 2010 & Supp.2013). In seven issues, Winkle claims the trial court committed reversible error by refusing to grant his motion for continuance; by allowing the State’s expert to appear and testify before the jury when his expert was unavailable to personally appear for trial; by excluding the opinions of one of his expert witnesses; by denying his motion asking that the trial judge who presided over his trial be recused; by making…
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