Coleman v. State

OPINION

JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.

Appellant Thomas Coleman appeals his felony conviction of aggravated perjury. We will affirm.

Appellant testified in a hearing held in March 2003 pursuant to applications for writs of habeas corpus filed by Christopher Jackson, Freddie Brookins, Jr., Jason Jerome Williams and Joe Welton Moore. 1 The four habeas applications were heard in a joint evidentiary hearing, which was conducted by assigned judge Ron Chapman.

Appellant later was indicted under three counts alleging aggravated perjury, arising from his testimony at the writ hearings. The case proceeded to…