Court Opinion

ID: 9672525
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:56:24.791141+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:16.662324
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*340OPINION ON REHEARING
Appellant complains on rehearing that this court erred when, relying on article 39.14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Kinnamon v. State, 791 S.W.2d 84, 92 (Tex.Crim.App.1990), it determined that the trial court’s refusal to order the production of Leotia Howard’s accounting records was proper. He argues that under Rule 611 of the Rules of Criminal Evidence he was entitled to have the records produced, inspect them, use them to cross-examine Howard, and introduce into evidence the portions of the records which related to her testimony. See TEX.R.CRIM.EVID. 611.
Rule 611 provides that any portion of a writing that is withheld over objections “shall be preserved and made available to the appellate court in the event of an appeal.” Id. The writing allegedly used by the witness to refresh her memory does not appear in the appellate record. Thus, Appellant cannot demonstrate that the court erred when it withheld the writing from his inspection and use. Regardless of whether this court properly relied on article 39.14 or Kinnamon, point three must be overruled because of the Appellant’s failure to preserve error. The motion for a rehearing is denied.