Legal Opinion
Blake v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided October 19, 2006No. 06-06-00058-CRPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice ROSS.
On January 20,1978, a jury found James Ray Blake guilty of the offense of burglary of a habitation and assessed his punishment at imprisonment for life, and he was sentenced accordingly. In September 2005, Blake filed a “Request To Conduct DNA Testing Under Art. 64.01 Tex.Code Crim. Proc.” The State filed its response to Blake’s motion October 20 and claimed that any evidence that might have existed was destroyed in 1994, pursuant to an order from the trial court. Attached to the State’s response was (1) an affidavit from the district clerk of Lamar County that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Winters v. Presiding Judge of the Criminal District Court Number Three of Tarrant CountyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Ex Parte MinesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
3Cited by18 opinions
- Ex Parte GutierrezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011
- Bates v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2010
- Ardell Nelson, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2014
- Booker, Jimmy Sol v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2012
- Daniel Vasquez Dominguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2015
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