Court Opinion

ID: 9777194
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 20:01:57.397332+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:49.953054
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OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
On original submission we overruled Appellant’s second ground of error, concerning the admission of an extraneous offense, for two reasons. On motion for rehearing appellant contends that we erred in doing so. He complains, as did Judge Clinton in the dissent on original submission, that cross-examination of a witness cannot alone be justification for the admission of an extraneous offense and thus our opinion is wrong when it states that the extraneous offense was “relevant as rehabilitation evidence for the testimony of Kevin Long”. Caldwell v. State, 477 S.W.2d 877 (Tex.Cr.App.1972). We agree, and that portion of the original opinion has been excised. We do not agree however that the extraneous offense was not admissible to show motive, as also contended by appellant. Thus appellant's second ground of error was properly overruled on original submission.
We have examined the remainder of appellant’s contentions in his motion for rehearing and find them to be without merit.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.
CLINTON and TEAGUE, JJ„ dissent.