Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Alexander Hernandez, Appellant v. the State of Texas

March 2, 20052005 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 268

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court’s denial of a pre‑trial motion to dismiss on entrapment grounds, holding that a judge may rationally reject a defendant’s testimony even if it is largely uncontradicted, and that appellate review of such a denial is de novo. The court reversed the intermediate appellate court’s dismissal of the conviction.