Lawson v. State

OPINION ON REMAND FROM THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

SAM BASS, Justice.

The Court of Criminal Appeals, 752 S.W.2d 565, has reversed and vacated our judgment reversing and remanding appellant’s conviction because of their decision in Long v. State, 742 S.W.2d 302 (Tex.Crim.App.1987), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 108 S.Ct. 1301, 99 L.Ed.2d 511 (1988). In Long, the court concluded that Tex.Code Crim.P.Ann. art. 38.071 (Vernon Supp.1988), the statute allowing the admission of videotape testimony of child victims in sexual assault cases, constituted an unconstitutional infringement on a defendant’s right…