Owens, Charles Ray Jr. v. State

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0967-14 CHARLES RAY OWENS, JR., Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS HARRISON COUNTY H ERVEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which K ELLER, P.J., M EYERS, J OHNSON, K EASLER, R ICHARDSON, Y EARY, and N EWELL, JJ., joined. A LCALA, J., filed a dissenting opinion. OPINION Appellant, Charles Ray Owens, was charged with felony murder after he led police on a high-speed chase during which he hit two vehicles and killed one of the drivers. Before trial, he filed a…