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Schutz v. State

Citations

  • 63 S.W.3d 442
  • 2001 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 139
  • 2001 WL 1623303

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding error was harmless even though “the case against the appellant rested on the credibility of the complainant”
  • holding error harmless where inadmissible expert testimony was \a small portion of a large amount of evidence presented that the jury could have considered in assessing the victim's credibility\
  • noting that if expert directly comments on complainant’s credibility it presents danger that “the jury could . . . allow[] that testimony to supplant its decision”
  • indicating that harm of error was mitigated by amount of other evidence jury heard, including testimony that defendant “was a truthful, peaceful, law-abiding person who exhibited no unnatural sexual tendencies toward children”
  • holding error harmless where inadmissible expert testimony was \a small portion of a large amount of evidence presented that the jury could have considered in assessing the victim's credibility\
  • holding error harmless where inadmissible expert testimony was “a small portion of a large amount of evidence presented that the jury could have considered in assessing the victim’s credibility”

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Judges: Keller, Meyers, Womack, Keasler, Heryey, Cochran, Price, Johnson, Holcomb

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