Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided March 23, 2006No. 01-04-00724-CRPublishedCited by 419 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ELSA ALCALA, Justice.

Appellant, Donald Ray Mitchell, appeals from the trial court’s postconviction order and findings, which state that the results of retesting of DNA evidence were “not favorable” to appellant. See former Tex. Code Crem. PROC. Ann. art. 64.04. 1 Appellant’s court-appointed counsel, who has filed a motion to withdraw from representing appellant, has filed an Anders v. State, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967) brief in which he states that no valid grounds for appeal exist and that appellant’s appeal is frivolous. See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744, 87 S.Ct. at…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Bledsoe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  3. Gainous v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. Ex Parte WilsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Stephens v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2000

3Cited by419 opinions

  1. Villanueva v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2006
  2. Abdallah Babiker v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2026
  3. Abdallah Babiker v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2026
  4. Abraham Jhamell Jackson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
  5. Abraham Jhamell Jackson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014

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