Hayter v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary; the punishment, enhanced by two prior convictions, is imprisonment for life. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 12.42(d).

The erroneous admission of harmful hearsay evidence which was offered to rebut the testimony of the appellant requires the reversal of the judgment.

It was alleged that the appellant entered a habitation and committed the felony offense of kidnapping by using and threatening the use of deadly force. The State offered the testimony of the complainant, which was corroborated by the testimony of her…