Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jeffrey Steven Marx, Appellant v. the State of Texas
February 3, 19991999 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 8
Summary
The Court affirmed the lower courts, holding that the use of two‑way closed‑circuit television testimony for both the child victim B.J. and the child witness J.M. did not violate the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause, the Fourteenth Amendment due‑process guarantee of a presumption of innocence, nor Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 38.071. Separate opinions dissented on the admissibility of J.M.'s testimony.