OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
WOMACK, Judge, delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.
The question in this case is whether, in the penalty phase of a criminal trial, the parties are limited to introducing the fact of a deferred adjudication, but not the details of the underlying offense. We hold that they are not so limited.
Deferred adjudication is a type of community supervision (née probation). The procedures...
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