Curtis Mayes, Jr. v. the State of Texas

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-22-00183-CR Curtis Mayes, Jr., Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE 147TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-DC-09-904090 THE HONORABLE CLIFFORD A. BROWN, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION Curtis Mayes, Jr., appeals from the trial court’s denial of his request for post- conviction DNA testing of a BB gun. Mayes asserts that the State violated his Brady rights by not testing the gun for DNA and knowingly suppressed the gun, then covered up that suppression at trial by pulling it out of the evidence bag without using…