by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment. Shelby v. State, 819 S.W.2d 544, 546 (Tex.Crim.App.1991) (citing Pointer v. Texas, 380 U.S. 400, 403, 85 S.Ct. 1065, 1068, 13 L.Ed.2d 923 (1965)). Because the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation is a fundamental right, and because a violation of that right constitutes constitutional error, we must reverse a trial court’s judgment when Confrontation Clause error is present unless we can determine beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not contribute to the conviction. See Tex.R.App. P. 44.2(a) (requiring reversal of constitutional error unless the appellate court determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not contribute to the conviction); see also Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 318, 94 S.Ct. 1105, 1111, 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974) (<HOLDING>). In determining harm from Confrontation Clause
holding that denial of effective crossexamination is constitutional error of the first magnitude and no amount of showing of want of prejudice would cure it holding that an assertion of prejudice is not a showing of prejudice holding the denial of a bill of particulars was not reversible error because it failed to cause the defendant any prejudice recognizing that counsels conduct may be so egregious that no amount of showing of want of prejudice would cure it recognizing constitutional right to effective counsel