Christopher Michael Tate v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

ON REMAND

NO. 03-97-00240-CR

Christopher Michael Tate, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 46,699, HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING

On original submission, this Court affirmed appellant Christopher Michael Tate's conviction for murder. Tate v. State, 956 S.W.2d 845 (Tex. App.--Austin 1997); see Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(b)(2) (West 1994). The court of criminal appeals reversed our judgment after concluding that certain defensive evidence was erroneously excluded by…