Whitfield v. State

ALCALA, J.,

filed a concurring opinion in which JOHNSON and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

I respectfully concur in the Court’s judgment reversing the court of appeals’s dismissal of the appeal filed by Robert *410Whitfield, appellant, and remanding the case for consideration on the merits of whether the evidence supports the convicting court’s finding that DNA results are unfavorable to him. See Whitfield v. State, 409 S.W.3d 11, 11 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2013). Like the majority opinion, I conclude that the court of appeals has statutory jurisdiction to address appellant’s complaint under Chapter…