Legal Opinion

Esparza, Edward

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 13, 2009No. PD-1616-07Published

1Opinion of the Court

N IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1616-07 EDWARD ESPARZA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY K EASLER, J., delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court. OPINION The court of appeals upheld the trial judge’s refusal to grant Edward Esparza’s motion for DNA testing. The court held that testing showing the presence of DNA not belonging to Esparza would not prove his innocence because (1) the victim reported having sex two days before the attack, and (2) there was overwhelming eye-witness…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Rivera v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  3. Whitaker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  4. Blacklock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2006

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