Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 5/11/1988

Allridge v. State

Citations

762 S.W.2d 146
1988 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 87
1988 WL 44831

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holding that self-serving statements are inadmissible as evidence of the asserted facts
holding that self-serving statements are inadmissible as evidence of the asserted facts
holding that the defendant’s self-serving hearsay confession was not admissible under Rule 107 when the State offered a later confession which “did not mislead the jury or leave the jury with only a partial or incomplete version of the facts”
providing that it is error for counsel to interject facts not supported by the record in closing argument
explaining that “to adopt appellant's position would mean that all self- serving statements by an accused would be admissible”
explaining that \to adopt appellant's position would mean that all self- serving statements by an accused would be admissible\

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Judges: Onion, Clinton, Teague

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