LOPEZ v. STATE

No. 677-99.

18 S.W.3d 220 (2000)

Rudolfo LOPEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline Snyder, Adkins, for appellant.

J. Scott Sullivan, Asst. Dist. Atty., San Antonio, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, Asst. State's Atty., Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.


OPINION

KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which McCORMICK, MEYERS, PRICE, HOLLAND, and WOMACK, JJ., join.

Rudolfo Lopez was charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy named Paul. At trial, he unsuccessfully sought to introduce evidence that two years earlier Paul had falsely accused his mother of physical abuse. Lopez argues that the evidence should have been admitted because the Confrontation Clause of the Constitution demands...

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