Legal Opinion
Donnie Lee Williamson v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided February 25, 2003No. 06-02-00033-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice MORRISS.
Donnie Lee Williamson was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, Williamson brings the following points of error: (1) the court erred by excluding testimony that the crime scene was a “crack house”; (2) the evidence was factually insufficient to support the conviction; and (3) Williamson received ineffective assistance of counsel.
On July 10, 2001, Marcus Dewayne Jones, Cedric Harris, Sharon Lewis, and Sheila Hoffman were all present at 1906 Sayle Street in Greenville, Texas. At approximately 1:30 p.m., Williamson entered the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Belinda A. Zanfardino v. Hugh L. Jeffus, Jr., Marshall Turner Jeffus, and Nanalee May Jeffus Nichols, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
- Crystal Heath v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2011
- Crystal Heath v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2011
- Justin Daniel Roberts v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2015
- Victor Cantu Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2013