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Davis v. State

Citations

  • 203 S.W.3d 845
  • 2006 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1978
  • 2006 WL 2873045

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a statement made to an officer shortly after the event when the complainant was sobbing and appeared hysterical was an excited utterance
  • holding that a statement made to an officer shortly after the event when the complainant was sobbing and appeared hysterical was an excited utterance
  • recognizing that statements made to police officers are more likely to be characterized as “testimonial” in nature
  • holding that a statement made to an officer shortly after the event when the complainant was sobbing and appeared hysterical was an excited utterance
  • holding that a statement made to an officer shortly after the event when the complainant was sobbing and appeared hysterical was an excited utterance
  • holding that Crawford error—admitting victim’s testimonial statements to officer that supported deadly weapon finding—was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because other evidence at trial showed that appellant attempted to strangle victim with rope

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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