John Lloyd Chambers, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas reversed the Court of Appeals and affirmed the conviction for credit‑card fraud, holding that inadmissible hearsay admitted without objection has probative value for sufficiency of the evidence and that the proper standard of review is de novo. The decision also overruled the Cruz rule that a weak circumstantial case warrants reversal and rejected the dissenting judges' procedural objections.