Court Opinion

ID: 9769537
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 14:53:35.805463+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:38:22.771832
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DOUGLAS, Judge,
dissenting.
The plea bargaining agreement was first brought out by the defense and the State then proved the entire agreement.
Even if the testimony about the result of the polygraph examination to show Holden’s full plea bargaining agreement should not have been admitted, the same testimony which was originally objected to was admitted without objection and leaves nothing for review. “It has long been the rule that the admission of improper evidence does not constitute reversible error if the same facts were proved by evidence which was not objected to.” Orozco v. State, 164 Tex.Cr.R. 630, 301 S.W.2d 634 (1957). See 5 Tex.Jur.2d, Sections 444-447, pages 699 et seq. The rules do not change because a severe penalty has been assessed.
The judgment should be affirmed.