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Clay v. State

Citations

  • 240 S.W.3d 895
  • 2007 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1674
  • 2007 WL 4146679

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that constitutional error does not contribute to a conviction if the verdict “would have been the same absent the error.”
  • holding that properly admitted evidence independently supported jury’s verdict
  • stating that factors to consider in harm analysis are how important the evidence was to State’s case, whether evidence was cumulative of other evidence, and whether other evidence corroborated complained-of evidence on material points
  • reversing appellate court’s conclusion that hearsay erroneously admitted over Confrontation Clause objection was not harmless under rule 44.2(a) standard
  • noting that evidence of flight evinces a consciousness of guilt
  • reversing appellate court’s conclusion that hearsay erroneously admitted over Confrontation Clause objection was not harmless under rule 44.2(a) standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Holcomb, Keller, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran, Price, Womack, Meyers

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194 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named Clay v. State

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