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Wheeler v. State

Citations

  • 67 S.W.3d 879
  • 2002 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 15
  • 2002 WL 122638

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that exclusion of relevant evidence of extraneous sexual offense is require only if danger of unfair prejudice substantially outweighs probative evidence
  • holding that exclusion of relevant evidence of extraneous sexual offense is require only if danger of unfair prejudice substantially outweighs probative evidence
  • holding that extraneous-offense evidence was admissible to rebut defendant’s theory of “frame- up” because extraneous offense did not involve “money nor revenge as possible motives”
  • holding that admission of extraneous-offense testimony was relevant to rebut defensive theories of lack of opportunity or impossibility
  • holding that safe and moral treatment of children and young girls 15 admissible as character trait
  • holding that State may not convert defense facts into character witness through its own cross-examination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cochran, Meyers, Keasler, Hervey, Holcomb, Keller, Court'S, Womack, Price, Johnson

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433 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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