Vincent Davis, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Court affirmed Vincent Davis's conviction, holding that although the trial court improperly admitted testimonial hearsay statements in violation of Crawford, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt given the cumulative and overwhelming evidence of the assault. The opinion also clarified that the Van Arsdall assumption of full cross‑examination applies only to exclusion errors, not to admission errors. Justice WOMACK dissented, arguing the error was not harmless and the conviction should be reversed.