Legal Opinion

Mark Allen Gatten v. the State of Texas

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided October 30, 2025No. 03-23-00654-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-23-00654-CR Mark Allen Gatten, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE 433RD DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY NO. CR2021-459E, THE HONORABLE DIB WALDRIP, JUDGE PRESIDING OPINION A jury found appellant Mark Allen Gatten guilty of capital murder. See Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2). As required by law, the trial court sentenced Gatten to life imprisonment without parole. See id. § 12.31(a)(2). In two issues, Gatten challenges the sufficiency of the evidence (1) corroborating the accomplice witness’s testimony and (2) supporting the…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. McDuff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Chambers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  5. Solomon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001

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