Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Reversal of conviction for indecency with a child is reversed and remanded where extraneous-offense evidence from other alleged victims was properly admitted under Tex. R. Evid. 404(b) for the purpose of rebutting defendant's arguments in his opening statement that he was of a truthful character and that the complaining witness had fabricated her story.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/10/2008
• Published 09/10/2008

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Morrow, Spring, TX, for Appellant., Kevin Keating, Asst. Dist. Attorney, Houston, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.