Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 4/29/1992

Jones v. State

Citations

843 S.W.2d 487
1992 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 110
1992 WL 232834

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holding that extra-judicial statements were not inadmissible hearsay because they were admitted not for truth, but to explain how defendant came to be suspect
holding that statements offered for the purpose of explaining how a defendant became a suspect and not for the truth of the matter asserted are not hearsay testimony
holding that officer's testimony regarding statements made by a different suspect were not hearsay because they were offered to show why the officer secured a arrest warrant and searched the defendant
holding that evidence was not inadmissible where it was not introduced for the truth of the matter asserted, but to explain how a witness came to suspect a defendant’s involvement in the crime
explaining that trial court need not sort through challenged evidence to segregate admissible from excludable
explaining that trial court need not sort through challenged evidence to segregate admissible from excludable

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Judges: Maloney, Baird

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