Legal Opinion
Holberg, Brittany Marlowe AKA Johnson, Brittany Marlowe
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 2, 2014No. AP-77,023PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
in which KELLER, P. J., and MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.
This is an appeal from an order denying the appellant’s motion for post-conviction DNA testing pursuant to Chapter 64 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. 1 We affirm the convicting court’s order.
BACKGROUND
The appellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the robbery-murder of eighty-year-old A.B. Towery, Sr. Towery was walking back to his apartment after purchasing groceries on the afternoon of November 13, 1996, when the appellant asked to use his telephone. When…
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