Legal Opinion
Hartsfield v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided March 9, 2010No. 06-09-00006-CRPublishedCited by 467 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice CARTER.
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 crime scene by deposits of his blood on a box. See Hartsfield v. State, 200 S.W.3d 813, 816 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 2006, pet. ref'd). A Brazos County 1 jury found Hartsfield guilty of capital murder. The death penalty had been waived; Hartsfield was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, 2 raising two issues: (1) the evidence was not…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Matson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
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3Cited by467 opinions
- Matthew Ryan Wilson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2012
- Justin Laroy Fagan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2012
- Jonathan D. Canfield v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
- Barnett v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2011
- Fowler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
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