DocketNumber: 04-97-00866-CR
Filed Date: 9/22/1999
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 9/6/2015
Opinion by: John F. Onion, Jr., Justice
Concurring opinion by: Tom Rickhoff, Justice
Sitting: Phil Hardberger, Chief Justice
Tom Rickhoff, Justice
John F. Onion, Jr., Justice
Delivered and Filed: September 22, 1999
In this case, there was evidence that appellant fired a .45 caliber round at a truck in a bar parking lot. After a high-speed chase, appellant was found to have a .380 bullet in his pocket. A .380 handgun and a bag of marihuana were in his vehicle. I agree with the majority that appellant failed to preserve his complaint about the admission of the .380 bullet and that the admission of the bullet was in any event harmless. I write separately to reiterate that "at times character evidence is the most relevant evidence." Tamez v. State, 980 S.W.2d 845, 849 (Tex. App.--San Antonio 1998, pet. granted) (Rickhoff, J., concurring).
I believe the bullet, handgun, and bag of marihuana are all as relevant as evidence of the
high-speed chase and appellant's violent, verbally abusive, and intoxicated condition that evening.
Our juries are not likely to be misled by evidence that appellant was well-prepared for an evening
such as this.
Tom Rickhoff, Justice
DO NOT PUBLISH