Legal Opinion
Lopez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided January 29, 1999No. 04-96-00343-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LOPEZ, Justice.
Rudolfo Lopez was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by contact. Punishment was assessed by the jury at twelve years in prison. Lopez appealed to this court, arguing that the trial court erred by excluding evidence that the twelve-year-old complainant, P.M., had made a prior false accusation of abuse by his mother. We reversed and remanded, holding that the trial court erred by excluding this evidence because it was relevant to P.M.’s credibility. See Lopez v. State, No. 04-96-00343-CR, 1997 WL 404268 (Tex.App. — San Antonio…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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