OPINION
KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
During the punishment phase of Dereskey Lashawn Hayden's trial, the judge excluded evidence that the victim was a registered sex offender. The court of appeals held that the judge did not abuse her discretion because the evidence encouraged jurors to measure the victim's worth compared to other members...
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