Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court.
The "harmless error" rule, Rule 44.1(a) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, states in part that "[n]o judgment may be reversed on appeal on the ground that the trial court made an error of law unless the court of appeals concludes that the error complained of ... probably caused the rendition of an improper judgment...." In the case now before us, a divided court of appeals, en banc, held that to apply this...
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