Paul Joseph Shoemaker v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-25-00281-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG PAUL JOSEPH SHOEMAKER, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE 404TH DISTRICT COURT OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Silva, Peña, and Fonseca Memorandum Opinion by Justice Fonseca This appeal arises from the trial court’s denial of appellant Paul Joseph Shoemaker’s post-conviction motion for DNA testing. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 64.01. Shoemaker specifically appeals the trial court’s denial of testing for a cigarette lighter, asserting all of…