Christopher Coffin, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeals, holding that Texas Rule of Evidence 804(b)(1) requires only a "similar" motive, not an identical one, for admissibility of former testimony, and finding that the appellant had a similar motive to cross‑examine the psychologist at the juvenile certification hearing as at the punishment phase.