Legal Opinion

Wigiert v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 19, 1997No. 2-96-108-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAY, Justice.

A jury found appellant John Martin Wig-iert guilty of false imprisonment and sentenced him to 31 days in the Denton County Jail and a $500 fine. He appeals and raises five points of error. He first complains that the trial court erred by admitting evidence of an uncharged extraneous offense, contending that it was not relevant to a material issue other than character and its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect. Next, he argues that the trial court erred by admitting hearsay testimony of an extraneous offense because the State used it as evidence of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  2. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. Cohn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Gillum v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1995
  5. Welch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Turro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Briones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Godsey v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1999
  4. Bolden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1998
  5. Spearman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2010

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