Legal Opinion

David Lee Swaim, Jr. v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)

Decided December 17, 2009No. 02-07-00165-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

[COMMENT1]

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO. 2-07-165-CR

DAVID LEE SWAIM, JR. APPELLANT

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

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FROM THE 367TH DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY

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OPINION ON APPELLANT=S

PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

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Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 50, we withdraw our March 13, 2008 opinion and judgment and substitute the following. Tex. R. App. P. 50.

A jury convicted Appellant David Lee Swaim, Jr. of murder and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment. In two points, Swaim argues that the trial court committed harmful error…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  4. Salinas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  5. Mallett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001

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