WEATHERRED v. STATE

No. 291-99.

15 S.W.3d 540 (2000)

Jon David WEATHERRED, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel W. Hurley, Lubbock, for appellant.

Betty Marshall, Asst. St. Atty., Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

MANSFIELD, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which McCORMICK, P.J., and KELLER, HOLLAND, and KEASLER, JJ., joined.


OPINION

The question presented is whether the Ninth Court of Appeals erred in holding that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitness identifications. We hold that the Court of Appeals did err.

The Relevant Facts1

A Montgomery County grand jury indicted appellant, Jon David Weatherred, for the capital...

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