Legal Opinion

Darnell Hartsfield v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided February 4, 2010No. 06-09-00006-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-09-00006-CR

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DARNELL HARTSFIELD, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 4th Judicial District Court

Rusk County, Texas

Trial Court No. CR05-333

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

Opinion by Justice Carter

O P I N I O N

The murder of five persons at the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant in Kilgore, Texas, remained an unsolved mystery for more than twenty years. After the advent of DNA technology, Darnell Hartsfield was linked to the…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Matson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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