Cha-Ka Romain Johnson v. the State of Texas

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ———————————— No. 08-24-00370-CR ———————————— Cha-Ka Romain Johnson, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee On Appeal from the 27th District Court Lampasas County, Texas Trial Court No. 8127 M E MO RA N D UM O PI NI O N Following a jury trial, Cha-Ka Romain Johnson was convicted in 2008 of capital murder in the death of Hidi Gower. In 2024, Johnson filed his second post-conviction motion for DNA testing of the gun used in the shooting. The trial court denied the motion, and this appeal followed. For the following reasons, we affirm…