ORIGINAL
in THE COURT OF CRiminAL (9PPEBLS
flUSTDI TEXAS RECEiVEDIN
I COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
ROD ALL? FMSCHERtneRHORn i SEP 14 2315
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I COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
THE 5T7)TF 0f7HflS I SEP 18 2Si5
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on pennon for Di5tK£TXDnARV review mm the
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APPELLAnts PETxrion mmwmmmReviniJ
C^m6S f?tf^> #o=5e Bpplhnt Ronald FruySLhetmtf'hm filing
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raRLg OF ConT£nT5
Xndex of (tvfhonhes U
Statement Regarding Oral PtrgumenT HJ
statement of the Case UT
Statement of ProctAura I History JST
Grounds Per Rtyitvu-Question Presented I
Argument" I *
ftcjutpof Appe-llanfs Brief S'-i
Prayer ^
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Alejandro V* itfltd n, 6
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BurKe V State 6
Csmpfon V5fate 6
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bavis V, ifateL 6
Trrttmcm f V5tafc 4
3M0S.iU.3Ji 111, m^ £&><*»> to MO
Haw Kins V State. 3
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J^cKson V Virginia
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4H3 U3 307, IW)
Martinez V itafe u
f\)auldm V State &
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ITl05 ley V 5fatt g
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Thr^dg/fl V State g
Ufiifing V Stflfe
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STATE fflEnT REGftRPinG ORAL flRGUfflEJTT
Thi5 case ha* issu&s that need to loe addressed and
Ofal arautneni ujsuld he benifietal
(\ppe,llant Ronald FaySchermer-hom* (\ Firsttime of£ndef}
iuab convicted of the offense of Cjmtmuious $twa\
Assult ofa dhi Id by aTarrant County Jury, The abuse}
according to the complainfanf^- uuho is menfaly
challenged —alegeol&dly Oeevred over many oteass ions,
overahno) period of time. Defense eounsel challenged
those aleqations questioning whether the State had
met 'its high burden of proof* noting that this /5 a one
uJitness case ujith uncorroborated, mcoiisistont
Testimonyx no physical evidence other than that
Contrary to sek\)a\ abuse* and Wldencc of-Coercion.
The^ame Jury sentenced Ronald Fay Sehermtrhom to
Confinement for hfe> RR WiSpy M-lbSi \Zom pa, I0Z< Thvs
ftppcal items Prom an improper ruling and statemtnT
made during the Stated Jury argument at the
quilt - innocence phase of the trial
IH
smnmENTOF procedural msroRy
Trial began on iTWy^«20|3 andfolhvJm^ eom/ietr&n,
ffppelkntivassentencedon1hefv)hu)fnQ deny to ZOnhnantrJ
for Life, LUiHiouTparole mthe Institutional Divtewn of"the
TcMS Departmentof CriminalJusftcc. RR» Vol Hpg 102. nofltc
cf -Rpp&al ujixS ftmely given 6n July Wi Wl3 tR U?/ )pq Q6
fothwing tti® exfensUns ettime.0ra nfeJ $>ythe Court
ftppellant uJa<> affirmed by the (Lflurt&ffhppe.als an July Ph
~3J)X£, The t'Appeals tcvrt memorandum Opmon u)a<,
pecit^tdjn an vn-ftthely manner £>y RppzlUnfem Jl>/yiH'
*10l£l The te0rt6 Opinion wassenthy Appellants Loorl'.frppeitikd
fHtTsmey-t Eiian 5ahanf on July' ID;2.8l&'aeetornpfamed ufth
a Ititerfrom him dated July 2MIS' vr# (Usfrfod mail numkr
1Q\H xm 0001 ItfDllbZ, Peu'^J by the Mark Stth Unit an
tfo\y IStlDlftnJI delivered tvftppeitenton July H, 201SI
IWoffon eferRetmrMg and Fn ~8mt, Reeonsfdetohten totrc mailed
kdays afkrPea'ptoffheEoorts OpMton anJvly2n,M£ &?th
deevmeryts clearlystated and BhweA JustCausefvr fh^dday
Insubmission, hotrftxer theyu*vre$h1lnotacupied anddeclared
Unttmdy vn July 2Hn and July UlOifresptttivlty,
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GR(MIP5 FOR REVIEW
did the Court of ftppea \5 error mevaluating fine
(55ue that thcTrialtovftemirtd in overruling the
objection to thc5tatcs Juty ftrgvment ?
The- Ceurhf appeals, in fhtir Opinion did not deny
that the^Trml Courtuuas merror in its rvlmg, Houtvtr
\t did state that the errtrouas HfiRir\l£SS. The Court
offtppea\s concluded its opinion by stating*given
the brevity of theprosotutors comments, the lack
ofprcj udite, and the strength of the Evidence
Supporting Appellants conviction uue. conclude ttat
That any error associated w)th the prosecutors
COmmentujas*Harmless*f>eefZjS' Courts Opinion.
fippJlant respectfully disagrees for the
fallowing reasons. First* it mvbfbestoted that the
\Jneorroborated testimonial evidence tn ftppelhnts
CASC UJQS by f)0Means Strong 6ut UJtAK and
t&ntradictive. If the ca^e had teen cvalvafed by the
Tory 'Uuiihoot hU>> the only reasonable vtrditfwoolA
have been Hot Gui Ity,
/)/! Testimony offered attrial against ftppella nfuuas also
COntrad leted byphysiea Ievidence obtained thru a
genitalia examination,namely ihatltasds hymen ivas not
Seortd,strcched or broken but mfaet^hSeT medical emm
cuas*absolutely normaYuuith Ho tvidenceofSeam I
Assolt If 15 only Reasonable* that 'if Tessa had bean
^eiually ftssulfed by Appellant numerous times by
penetration, her hymen and or cerviA uuould have
been damaged to some degree* northatofa
teenage, virgin. The. Courtof Opp&a\s mostnothave
talfcn this into consideration, or they compfetcly over -
'looKed if, as did thejury Thte evidence Certainty
CMbtdoubton the conviction. Ffl&reouer, where
evidence is uoeak, the determination as to whether
Qerror )S Harm-foil or Harmless is dmmatiely Changed.
Since Appellant is stating that the evidence IS tu£aK>
Cohtraray to the opinion ofthe Appeals Courts he is also
stating that the error cuas Harmfvll and affected -the
Appellants substantial rights guarenfeed under the
U.S and Vu$$ donstifutfons.
The error uuas, Harmfvll due to the fact ofthe
Impression received by thejury on the tried Judges
pause m rulma against Appellant* It had fo beobviOVS
•thattheTnalSudge ujq6 mcerreeton hti ruling since
theprosocutor immediately eorreeted himself after the
Svdcfts mtorreetand 'improper rulingftfceeRR \Io\3pglQ))
Jhe-iprosocuter doing damage control where thedam^c* uJtxs
already doner C$^Haojkm<> VShxte^ ISS'S.U). 2>o\ 72) 8LI
(r^trfrn/t^2ci(H)\-pro6ocotors stlf-correctiveaction m^ht
notearry the Same tdeiqht as a Trial toortb Unstruetrons
to disregard . The-Jury hauler not having the benifit
of Corrections I instructions to ^Disregard prosocuhon's
Itetstatement"'fy fheSrial Judge would have dtfm*t\y
left thejury conflicting as uocll as confusing
Impressions, Thejury musthavc\ -thought h them '
*selves, Whathapper\e.d here? TheSudge has, notsaid
Or insjtucted us on any of thedefends objections,
does the judge Kneu^ ^erncthma, vJe dontl Did the-
defendant prove A/s inn ece* id./ uj$$ he gupnabe to 1
We dfdsay yesterday that t^e uooold like to hear his
Sldetkvtuuedidnot. Wayke uJtth all fhis> he is guilty'„
Tmopre-ssions are powerful ra&twat&rs on the,
deceSSiont> aje maKe, as human beings an a daily'baits.
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sfafcj htSallttfddate toas b>R>t/k e>n ushth htc,f»e iott\f Mh^ptey,&*&«/
TO the, lauj pJrttkn <
By the judge leas/me) this negative impression
Touoardis Appellant in hts improper ruling/ If
Can not be said that this error did notsubs-fainu&\y harm
(tppellanf.
Appellant oJould state, that the Loortof (tppeals revievJ
€f this ease under the fretmah and ftlartinei- standard
of Substantial rights, uuas incorrect LSee fTfjeman V.~
Sfate,3HDZM3d 717, 12&l°l lTc*>lrimPrf>pte\i\
Pflarfinez V STaTC 115,0). 2d 677, ^X-^Cr^trtm-
"PtpplOOO), The HjQurfuJOuldjin flppe.1lad's, opinion have
bejui belter z>cr\izd in rtuietomof this case under
(Jackson VMir^nia^HH3 US301^C\ Of. &\L,Ed 7A h%D