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Show Notes
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Beef between rappers keeps music alive and well. But what happens when a video of you lip syncing to rap lyrics at a party helps put you away for murder? Hear all about it with Reb at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Larry Jean Hart v. Texas (2024).
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0:00 - Intro
4:01 - Sneak peek of Hart v. Texas (2024)
4:37 - Background - Can lyrics be used as evidence?
12:45 - Hart v. Texas begins / What happened at trial?
24:02 - Hart's first appeal
27:38 - Hart's second appeal
28:31 - Probative value of the rap videos
33:49 - Prejudicial effect of the rap videos
47:57 - Prosecution's need for the evidence
54:05 - Harm analysis
1:01:06 - Holding
1:01:59 - Reb's rebuttal
1:02:42 - Tiny teaser for Episode 26!
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