Swearingen, Larry Ray

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. AP-76,073 LARRY RAY SWEARINGEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON DIRECT APPEAL IN CAUSE NUMBER 99-11-06435-CR FROM THE 9 th DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS HERVEY , J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. OPINION Larry Ray Swearingen (“Appellant”), sentenced to death for the capital murder of Melissa Trotter, appeals an order denying his motion for post-conviction forensic DNA testing. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. The evidence from appellant’s 2000 trial shows that, in December 1998,…