· 6/18/2008
De La Paz v. State
Citations
- 273 S.W.3d 671
- 2008 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 751
- 2008 WL 2437648
How courts have described this case
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- holding that State failed to carry burden of establishing that statements to hospital nurse and social worker were not testimonial
- holding that State failed to carry burden of establishing that statements to hospital nurse and social worker were not testimonial
- concluding State did not carry its burden to prove medical notes, which repeated child’s statement that appellant caused her injury, were admissible under Crawford when child did not testify
- stating that once an appellant objects to the admission of evidence on Confrontation Clause grounds, the burden shifts to the State, as the proponent of the objected-to evidence, to establish its admission
- holding the State had the burden of establishing the admissibility of the hearsay
- holding State failed to carry burden for admission following Crawford objection
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Holcomb, Meyers, Price, Johnson, Hervey, Cochran, Keasler, Keller, Womack
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