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Texas Rules of Evidence 411

Brian Foley is a Criminal Defense attorney Former Chief Prosecutor in Montgomery and Harris County, Texas. All videos are for educational and entertainment purposes and do not constitute legal advice nor do they create an attorney client relationship. For more information visit www.brianfoleylaw.com Conroe Criminal Defense Lawyer - Texas Rules of Evidence Series RULE 411 Much to the chagrin of personal injury lawyers evidence that the defendant has insurance is not allowed. This is because lawyers trust the general public so little that they assume if a jury knows that someone is covered by insurance they will award the other party money regardless of the law. The assumed thought process is "Oh its the insurance company paying it? Screw it give him all the money." The opposite is also true though, "Oh he doesn't have insurance? Well then we aren't going to break this guy over this we'll give him something the can afford." So here are the exceptions. proving a witnesses bias or prejudice; insurance coverage is actually disputed or part of the suit; proving that the insurance acted as an agent of the defendant; proving that the defendant owned the property in question; or proving that the defendant controlled the property in question In Ex parte Wheeler, a prosecutor asked a defense expert about the results of an insurance investigation involving a crash and criminally negligent homicide. The prosecutor asked, "“Are you aware that her insurance carrier found her at fault?” Ex Parte Wheeler, 203 S.W.3d 317, 321 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). The court ruled that this question was proper and did not violate rule 411 because it did not go show that the defendant was insured but rather that the results of a secondary investigation revealed that she may be at fault for the crime and that her expert witness may be biased. The judge in that case did however grant a mistrial but the court found that the actions of the prosecutor were not intentional for the purpose of causing a mistrial and the case was not dismissed with prejudice.