CLAY v. STATE

No. 01-03-01223-CR.

177 S.W.3d 486 (2005)

Willie Allen CLAY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston.

Rehearing Overruled July 15, 2005.

Discretionary Review Granted February 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Charlton, Alvin, TX, for Appellant.

Dan McCrory, Assistant District Attorney, Charles A. Rosenthal, Jr., District Attorney-Harris County, Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice RADACK and Justices HIGLEY and BLAND.


OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Willie Allen Clay, guilty of aggravated robbery and assessed punishment at 60 years' confinement and a $10,000 fine. In one issue, appellant contends that the trial court's admission into evidence of his accomplices' statements to police violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation. Since appellant's trial, the United States Supreme Court held in Crawford v. Washington that testimonial...

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