WHEELER v. STATE

No. 815-99.

67 S.W.3d 879 (2002)

Dennis D. WHEELER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En banc.

January 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Barlow, Beaumont, for Appellant.

Lisa Tanner, DA, Pro Tem, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.


OPINION

COCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY, and HOLCOMB, JJ.

On appeal from his conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child, appellant contended that evidence of an extraneous sexual assault—elicited through the cross-examination of a Child Protective Services case-worker and the direct testimony of appellant's niece, S.S.—was inadmissible. The Court of Appeals agreed and reversed...

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