Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A court of appeals' judgment affirming a conviction for aggravated sexual assault and indecency with a child is vacated where the court of appeals used an improper standard in rejecting a claim that the trial court reversibly erred by permitting the state to bolster the credibility of its essential witness, although her character for truthfulness had not been attacked.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/03/2007
• Published 10/03/2007

Judges

• WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Adam L. Seidel, Dallas, for appellant., James E. Cook, Asst. D.A., Fort Worth, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for state.