Court Opinion

ID: 9619365
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:26:59.223231+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:11:39.536892
License: Public Domain

Justice VANCE, dissenting.
The majority mis-applies the law of invited error. Estoppel arises from the doctrine of invited error only when there has been an “invitation” by the defendant to the court to commit error, the court does what was requested, and thereafter the defendant complains of that action. Here, Wisdom did not invite the court to deny the motion for a continuance. The withdrawal of the notice of an insanity defense was the only course available to Wisdom because he had been denied a due-process right of access to the only evidence that would support the defense. See Lighteard v. State, 982 S.W.2d 532 (Tex. App-San Antonio 1998, pet. refd). I would reverse the judgment.