Legal Opinion

Matz v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 25, 1999No. 2-97-613-CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SAM J. DAY, Justice.

A jury convicted Harold Lee Matz of aggravated sexual assault of a child and assessed punishment at life imprisonment and imposed a $10,000 fine. In his first four points, Matz challenges several of the trial court’s evidentiary rulings. In his fifth point, Matz argues that the cumulative errors in this case denied him a fair trial. In his sixth point, he contends that the trial court erred in failing to define the term “reasonable doubt” for the jury in the punishment phase, as it related to proof of extraneous offenses.

We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The victim, T.M., was…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Hutch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Abdnor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Matz v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
  2. Hatch v. V.P. Fair Foundation, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1999
  3. Matz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Lewis v. FAG Bearings Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1999
  5. Collins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1999

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