HAYES v. STATE

No. PD-0191-04.

161 S.W.3d 507 (2005)

Shannon Eugene HAYES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley G. Schneider, Houston, for Appellant.

David C. Newell, Assist. DA, Richmond, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.


OPINION

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

In Tate v. State, we decided that TEX.R. EVID. 404(b) allowed a defendant claiming self-defense in a murder prosecution to present evidence of the deceased's prior threat against him. We found this evidence had noncharacter conformity relevance supporting the defendant's self-defense claim that the deceased was the...

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