Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Humberto Almazo Hoyos, Appellant v. the State of Texas

November 18, 19981998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 153

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the trial court did not err in excluding evidence of the complainant's anticipated civil lawsuit because the appellant failed to show its relevance to bias. The majority distinguished prior cases and found none of the four relevance factors were satisfied, while a dissent argued the evidence was relevant and should have been admitted.