Court Opinion

ID: 9678139
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 06:12:25.290803+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:02.131262
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W.C. DAVIS, Judge,
dissenting.
The majority finds the admission of the motel keys to be harmful error. In light of the uncontradicted proof of appellant’s unexplained possession and use of Glenn Wilson’s credit card eight to ten hours after it had been stolen, I do not agree that the error is harmful. Also introduced were photographs of appellant wearing a hat similar to the one that Wilson saw the burglar wearing. Compare Cunningham v. State, 500 S.W.2d 820 (Tex.Cr.App.1973) in which admission of evidence more prejudicial than that in the instant case was held harmless. In view of the evidence of guilt, I dissent to the majority’s holding that the error is harmful.
ONION, P.J., joins.