Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Adams
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 1, 1989No. 70787PublishedCited by 260 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUNCAN, Judge.
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. An extensive hearing was held by the trial court who made findings of facts and conclusions of law.
The applicant was originally convicted in 1977 of the capital murder of Robert Wood, a Dallas police officer, and assessed the death penalty. Based upon the testimony elicited in applicant’s trial, the Dallas police officer was shot and killed by the driver of an automobile he and his partner had stopped for failing to have its headlights turned on. The State’s main witness was…
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