Torres v. State

OPINION

in which MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERYEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, J.J.,

joined.

We granted review in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the appellant had not laid the proper predicate before attempting to introduce evidence of the deceased’s character. We conclude that the Court of Appeals did err because there was ample evidence of a fray and an act of aggression in evidence before the appellant tried to introduce the character evidence.

The appellant was convicted of murder in the 195th Judicial District Court, Dallas County. The…