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Norton v. State

Citations

  • 771 S.W.2d 160
  • 1989 Tex. App. LEXIS 828
  • 1989 WL 36883

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  • noting “[c]ourts have favored the admission of statements that show the declarant’s then-existing intent to perform an act in the future”
  • murder victim’s statement to his wife that he intended to go to defendant’s shop was admissible under state of mind exception to hearsay rule for limited purpose to show that victim intended to go to shop to help defendant and to rebut self-defense claim

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Judges: Grant, Bleil, Cornelius

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