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Leal v. State

Citations

  • 303 S.W.3d 292
  • 2009 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1611
  • 2009 WL 3837309

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that defendant may be entitled to forensic DNA testing if evidence sought would exculpate him only of aggravating-factor elements of capital murder
  • holding that defendant may be entitled to forensic DNA testing if evidence sought would exculpate him only of aggravating-factor elements of capital murder
  • noting that even if additional testing excluded movant “as a contributor, it cannot be said that such a result ‘establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the person would not have been convicted’” (quoting Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 64.03(a)(2)(A))
  • noting that even if additional testing excluded movant “as a contributor, it cannot be said that such a result ‘establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the person would not have been convicted’” (quoting Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 64.03(a)(2)(A))
  • “[A]ggravated assault based on the use of a deadly weapon may become assault if the alleged use of a deadly weapon is disproved.”
  • A [A]ggravated assault based on the use of a deadly weapon may become assault if the alleged use of a deadly weapon is disproved. @

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Judges: Johnson, Keller, Meyers, Price, Keasler, Holcomb, Womack, Hervey, Cochran

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