111 Tex. Crim. 45 - Kitchens v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1973
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Townsley v. State · 77 Tex. Crim. 150 - Caruth v. State · 39 Tex. Crim. 15 - Hopperwood v. State · 105 Tex. Crim. 556 - Woodward v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““It is the rule that a witness to the good character of the accused may be asked upon cross-examination whether he had heard rumors of particular charges or acts of the accused inconsistent with the character the witness is called to prove, not to establish the truth of such charges, but to test the credibility of the witness and enable the jury to weigh his evidence. Townsley v. State, 103 Tex.Cr.R. 508 , 281 S.W. 1054 . “An exception to the rule stated is that the inquiry touching the past conduct of the accused, of which the witness has heard, must be confined to happenings antecedent to the commission of the offense for which the accused is on trial.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hennington v. State
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