Legal Opinion
Swearingen v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 10, 2010No. AP-76,073PublishedCited by 99 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.
Larry Ray Swearingen (“Appellant”), sentenced to death for the capital murder of Melissa Trotter, appeals an order denying his motion for post-conviction forensic DNA testing. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The evidence from appellant’s 2000 trial shows that, in December 1998, appellant murdered Melissa Trotter by ligature strangulation with a piece of pantyhose during an aggravated sexual assault or kidnapping or attempted kidnapping and left her body in a national forest where it was found about three weeks later. See also Swearingen v. State,…
3Cases cited13 opinions
- Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Swearingen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Rivera v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Routier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
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4Cited by99 opinions
- Boston, Ronald GlenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
- Holberg, Brittany Marlowe AKA Johnson, Brittany MarloweCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- State of Texas v. Swearingen, Larry RayCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2019
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