Legal Opinion
Morrow v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 19, 2016No. 06-15-00013-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice Moseley
In the midst of a turbulent divorce, a camouflage-clad Gary Christopher Morrow broke a garage window to gain entrance into the rural Ivanhoe home occupied by his wife, Gina Morrow, during the early morning hours of May 5, 2013. As he entered the home’s master bedroom where Gina was asleep with her boyfriend, Donny Mangum, Morrow wielded a hunting knife and a forty-caliber handgun. Enraged, Morrow began shouting at Gina and threatened to kill both Gina and Mangum. Eventually, Morrow undertook to take Mangum, Gina, and Marissa (Gina’s adult daughter) outside the…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Douglas Lee McBath v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2024
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