Haggard v. State, No. PD-0635-19 (Tex. Crim. App., Dec. 9, 2020)
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed convictions for sexual assault of a child and indecency because the trial court allowed a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner to testify remotely with two-way video in violation of the Confrontation Clause. The Court held that such testimony is only permitted after a case-specific finding that remote testimony is necessary Read more about Haggard v. State, No. PD-0635-19 (Tex. Crim. App., Dec. 9, 2020)[…]