Melvin Linn Knox v. State

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-17-00232-CR MELVIN LINN KNOX APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE ---------- FROM THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 2 OF TARRANT COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 1468054D ---------- MEMORANDUM OPINION1 ---------- I. INTRODUCTION The State charged Appellant Melvin Linn Knox with the offense of murder and Knox pleaded guilty without an agreement as to punishment. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Knox to forty years’ confinement. Knox subsequently filed a motion to recuse based solely on a brief exchange 1 See Tex. R. App.…