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[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 (Tex.…

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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