Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Marcelo Yzaguirre, Appellant v. the State of Texas

November 26, 19971997 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 100

Summary

The Court reversed the Court of Appeals and affirmed the trial court's judgment, holding that appellant failed to demonstrate prejudice under Strickland because a rational jury could have convicted without the contested evidence, and that the State was permitted to introduce prior conduct under the "on or about" date doctrine.