Lewis v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that reasonable grounds for testing not present when biological evidence had been destroyed
• holding that reasonable grounds for testing not present when biological evidence had been destroyed
• acknowledging that courts of appeals lack “original jurisdiction to grant a writ of habeas corpus in criminal law matters”
• determining that motion failed to establish reasonable grounds because it failed to show that evidence still exists and that identity was an issue as required by chapter 64
• holding that original version of Article 64.01(c
• “If a convicted person who bears the burden of satisfying the requirements of Chapter 64 fails to meet the preconditions to obtaining post-conviction DNA testing, he has failed to set forth reasonable grounds to file a motion and, therefore, is not entitled to the appointment of counsel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

60 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ex Parte Gutierrez
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-05-04· cited 235×
• Reger v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2007-03-22· cited 87×
• Blake v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2006-10-19· cited 19×
• Lyon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2009-02-04· cited 17×
• Conlin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2007-04-18· cited 13×
• Atkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-07-15· cited 13×
• Garcia v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2010-11-10· cited 8×
• Bates v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-05-06· cited 6×
• Bright v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2009-09-16· cited 4×
• John Wayne Bates v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-05-06
• Maurice Glenn Willis, Sr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-09-27
• Russell Jay Reger v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-02-22
• Thomas Randall Woodall v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-01-18
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-01-18
• John Charles Spurlock v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2009-06-04
• in Re A. D. Bowman
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-12-05
• Shabrun Antwone West v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-11-14
• Martin Doane v. Thomas F. Cooke
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-11-14
• in Re Wanda Anderson
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-07-18
• Shabrun Antwone West v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-07-18