Court Opinion

ID: 9678745
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 06:30:58.693054+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:07.582134
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TAFT, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent because the majority opinion addresses a different issue from that raised in appellant’s first point of error. Appellant’s argument under his first point of error is based on his trial objection complaining that the State’s notice was factually insufficient because in summarizing the hearsay statement, it merely related innocent activity. The majority opinion addresses a different *868issue, whether the trial court allowed evidence beyond the scope of that for which notice was given.
Addressing the issue raised by appellant’s brief, I would hold that article 38.072 requires only that the hearsay statement “describe the offense”: “This article applies only to statements that describe the alleged of-fense_” Tex.Code Crim. P. Ann. Art. 38.072 § 2(a) (Vernon Supp.1998). It does not require that an offense be set out in all of its details.
Because the majority addresses an issue different from that raised by appellant, and different from appellant’s objection at trial, I respectfully dissent.