Potier v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the hearsay rule, when properly applied, is a valid limitation on a defendant’s evidence
• holding that the exclusion of a defendant’s evidence will be constitutional error only “if the evidence forms such a vital portion of the case that exclusion 22 effectively precludes the defendant from presenting a defense”
• explaining that Texas Rule of Evidence 103(a) applies to error in admitting or excluding evidence but standard of review under that rule is identical to non- constitutional error analysis under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 44.2(b)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).