Legal Opinion

In Re Morton

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided February 22, 2010No. 03-08-00585-CRPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

G. ALAN WALDROP, Justice.

In 1987, appellant Michael Wayne Morton was convicted of the murder of his wife Christine Morton, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2005, pursuant to chapter 64 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, appellant filed a motion for forensic DNA testing of evidence containing biological material that appellant believes may undermine the basis for his conviction. The district court denied, in part, appellant’s motion for DNA testing. Appellant appeals the district court’s denial of certain testing. We affirm the district court’s order as to the evidence…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  2. Rivera v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  3. State v. PatrickCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  5. Routier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. BeecroftSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
  2. State v. Holloway, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2010
  3. Campos, Abraham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  4. Christopher David Ryan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
  5. Curtis Mayes, Jr. v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2023

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