Court Opinion

ID: 9648784
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:35:04.447995+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:05.402294
License: Public Domain

ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
As stated in the majority opinion on rehearing, the question of the cross-examination of appellant’s sister is raised by brief and in argument for the first time. I am convinced that reversible error is reflected thereby. Her sister was a principal defense witness, and she was asked and required to answer over objection that she had recently been divorced. That question has recently been discussed by this Court in Burnett v. State, 162 Tex.Cr.R. 1, 280 S.W.2d 260. There, we held that the trial court correctly excluded exactly the same testimony which the majority now hold not to constitute reversible error. The inconsistency is apparent. If the trial court ruled correctly in Burnett, then the court erred in this case. Sample v. State, 158 Tex.Cr.R. 200, 254 S.W.2d 401, and the cases there cited support the position I here maintain since the proof of the divorce did not tend to solve any disputed issue in the case.
I respectfully dissent.