State v. Romero

2 Citing cases

  1. Ferrell v. State

    No. M2019-00726-CCA-R3-PC (Tenn. Crim. App. Sep. 2, 2020)

    This is an additional way the accused 'opens the door' to character evidence." Id.; see e.g., State v. Bendale Romero, No. E2015-00860-CCA-R3-CD, 2016 WL 3437166, at *7 (Tenn. Crim. App. June 15, 2016) (finding that the trial court did not err when it held that the defense witness's testimony regarding prior acts of the victim would "open the door" for the State to offer evidence of the defendant's character for violence), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Oct. 19, 2016); State v. Pamela Taylor, No. W2012-02535-CCA-R3-CD, 2014 WL 4922629, at *45 (Tenn. Crim. App. Sept. 30, 2014) (finding that the defendant, after presenting specific acts of violence by the victim to support her first aggressor theory, "'opened the door' to proof of her character when she presented evidence that the victim was the first aggressor and that she had acted in self-defense when she fatally shot the victim"), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Jan. 15, 2015); State v. Jason Allen Cobb, No. W2011-02437-CCA-R3-CD, 2013 WL 1223386, at *13 (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 26, 2013), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Oct. 16, 2013).

  2. State v. Land

    No. M2018-02121-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Feb. 19, 2020)   Cited 1 times

    This is an additional way the accused 'opens the door' to character evidence." Id.; see e.g., State v. Bendale Romero, No. E2015-00860-CCA-R3-CD, 2016 WL 3437166, at *7 (Tenn. Crim. App. June 15, 2016) (finding that the trial court did not err when it held that the defense witness's testimony regarding prior acts of the victim would "open the door" for the State to offer evidence of the Defendant's character for violence), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Oct. 19, 2016); State v. Pamela Taylor, No. W2012-02535-CCA-R3-CD, 2014 WL 4922629, at *45 (Tenn. Crim. App. Sept. 30, 2014) (finding that the defendant, after presenting specific acts of violence by the victim to support her first aggressor theory, "'opened the door' to proof of her character when she presented evidence that the victim was the first aggressor and that she had acted in self-defense when she fatally shot the victim"), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Jan. 15, 2015); State v. Jason Allen Cobb, No. W2011-02437-CCA-R3-CD, 2013 WL 1223386, at *13 (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 26, 2013), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Oct. 16, 2013). The State may present rebuttal proof of the defendant's character in the form of reputation or opinion testimony.