Legal Opinion

Shannon v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 18, 2003No. 74317PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · HolcombHolcomb, J.

in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., join.

Appellant, Willie Marcel Shannon, appeals from a district court order denying post-conviction DNA 1 testing with respect to an unadjudicated, extraneous offense. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

The Relevant Facts

In late 1993, in Harris County, appellant was tried and convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. 2 At the punishment stage of the trial, the State offered, and the district court admitted, testimonial evidence that, on the day of the capital murder, appellant also…

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3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rivera v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Shannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

4Cited by50 opinions

  1. Sepeda v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
  2. Baranowski v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
  3. Robert Lee Bolden v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003
  4. Brewer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2004
  5. A. C. Jones v. Joe and Ruthie Ingram, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2009

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