Legal Opinion
Joshua Madison Newkirk v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided November 9, 2016No. 06-15-00160-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice Burgess
On February 14, 2014, Stacie Clayton received angry and threatening text messages from her ex-husband, Joshua Madison Newkirk. The text messages led to a telephone conversation between Newkirk, Clayton, and Clayton’s fíaneé, Joshua Edmund Gerber. The conversation ended when Gerber, a martial-arts expert, told Newkirk he would meet him at Newkirk’s house. Newkirk, who was not at home, travelled to that location recklessly and at a high rate of speed. Shortly after he arrived, neighbors heard several gunshots and discovered Gerber’s lifeless body. Newkirk…
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