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Meadows v. State

Citations

  • 455 S.W.3d 166
  • 2015 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 202
  • 2015 WL 778556

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the unambiguous plain language of Rule 609 has supplanted the common law tacking doctrine
  • noting that, under Rule 609(a), standard is whether probative value of prior conviction “simply outweighs” its prejudicial effect
  • instructing that intervening convictions can dilute the prejudice of remote convictions
  • describing common law “tacking” doctrine before holding that Rule 609 had “supplanted” that doctrine
  • no harm under constitutional-error standard of review by exclusion of witness’s DWI history when other evidence of witness’s DWI history and drinking problem was presented to jury

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Judges: Johnson

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