Legal Opinion
Cantu v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 16, 1991No. 433-90, 434-90PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
WHITE, Judge.
A jury convicted appellant of two counts of aggravated assault and assessed punishment at confinement for ninety-nine years and a $5,000.00 fine in each case. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed the conviction and remanded for a new trial, holding that admission of testimony of a Department of Human Services (DHS) investigator as to statements made by appellant was improper and not harmless under Tex. R.App.Pro. 81(b)(2). Cantu v. State, 785 S.W.2d 1 (Tex.App. — Dallas 1990). We granted the State’s petitions to determine if…
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