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.