Court Opinion

ID: 9778027
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 20:30:29.361767+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:03.197029
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W.C. DAVIS, Judge,
concurring.
For the reasons stated in my dissent in Long v. State, 742 S.W.2d 302 (Tex.Cr.App.1987), I adhere to my belief that Art. 38.-071, § 2, V.A.C.C.P. is a constitutional statute which does not improperly impact upon a criminal defendant’s right of confrontation. However, since a majority of this Court has decided otherwise, and in view of the fact that the only evidence actually supporting the State’s case was the videotaped interview of the child victim which was improperly admitted under the rationale of Long, supra, I concur in the result reached by the majority after Rule 81(b)(2) analysis.