Hernandez v. State

Because I disagree with how the majority has applied the law to the specific facts of this particular case, I respectfully dissent.

*758I would hold the trial judge did not abuse her discretion in finding the predicate adequate to admit appellant’s remote conviction. Even if the record would not support the admission of the conviction regarding appellant’s credibility generally, I would find that the probative value of the conviction as impeachment evidence regarding appellant’s ability to identify the odor of burning marihuana in the room he occupied was supported by specific facts and…