POTIER v. STATE

No. 1542-99.

68 S.W.3d 657 (2002)

Creon Natell POTIER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

February 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Morrow, Spring, for Appellant.

Dan McCrory, Asst. DA, Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.


WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The issues in this case involve the harmless-error rules for the erroneous exclusion of evidence that a defendant offered.

I. The Case

The jury convicted the appellant of the murder of Willie "Wolf" Ratliff, and the trial judge sentenced him to confinement for 10 years. The appellant's defense was that he acted in self-defense...

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