Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 5/24/1989

Valdez v. State

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776 S.W.2d 162
1989 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 104
1989 WL 54050

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holding that if a verbal description of the body and scene are admissible, the clothing worn by the victim of the offense, even if bloodstained, is admissible into evidence, unless it is offered solely to inflame the minds of the jury
stating that evidence of the appellant's parole and his knowledge of outstanding arrest warrants was admissible to show appellant's motive in shooting a police officer
upholding in-court demonstration of six disarming techniques by which a person might take police officer’s weapon when sufficient evidence supported inference that defendant was able to disarm officer and use his weapon to shoot him
evidence of the defendant’s parole violations and his knowledge of outstanding arrest warrant held admissible in a trial for shooting a police officer
testimony that defendant was on federal parole and knew that he had outstanding warrant for violating this parole by carrying a firearm was admissible to show motive for shooting police officer
evidence of an outstanding federal parole warrant was admissible on the issue of defendant's motive for shooting a police officer

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Judges: Campbell, Teague

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