Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Defendant's hearsay statement qualifies as an excited utterance since a reasonable trial judge could have concluded that the victim was still under the influence of a startling event, a robbery, when he made the statement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/02/2005
• Published 02/02/2005

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ernest Davila, Houston, for Appellant., Lori Deangelo Fix, Asst. District Atty., Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.