REESE v. STATE

No. 73281.

33 S.W.3d 238 (2000)

Raymond REESE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen C. Isbell. Houston, for appellant.

S. Elaine Roch, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.


PRICE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, HOLLAND, WOMACK, and JOHNSON, JJ., joined.

Rule of Evidence 403 prohibits the admission of evidence that is substantially more prejudicial than probative in criminal trials. During the punishment phase of the appellant's capital murder trial, the trial court admitted a photograph of the victim and her unborn child lying in the casket together at their wake. Because we find that the admission of the photograph...

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