Williams, April Loreace

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0504-20 APRIL LOREACE WILLIAMS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS GUADALUPE COUNTY SLAUGHTER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which RICHARDSON, YEARY, KEEL, and MCCLURE, JJ., joined. NEWELL, J., filed a concurring opinion in which KELLER, P.J., and HERVEY, J., joined. WALKER, J., filed a dissenting opinion. OPINION Does the temporary physical exclusion from a courtroom of a defendant’s family member for the testimony of one witness at trial violate the Sixth…