Lopez, Jesus Felipe

V- • 0H>n on**n ORIGINAL 2M.THE couRT of Lkl/MA/AL hPPEALS OF TEXA£ "gECESVED IN FILED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS TkSUS FEliPE LOPEZ MAR 2 3 2017 mar 23 z::? -V£- Abel Acosta, Clerk Abel Acosta, Clerk THE 4TATE OF TEXAS PETiTiOA/ HA/ CAUSE A/O. cRl?77*4 AMD CftXZBSH PKo/a THE ar1** DiST&leT couRT OF KHown cdiAhty, T-tXAS A/ID THE CouRT OF APPEAL* FoU THE ElEVEA/TH DISTRICT oF TEXAZ^ NO. ll-llf-OOZST PETITION FaR DtSCKETtOA/AKY REVIEW JEJUS FEliPE LOPEZ- MiCkad unit, QUiaf Fm X69V-f Te.nneis.ee Colon Y, TX ?tr2tfa PRo-SE (APPELLAaYT HE&uESTS a/0 oKAL AK&u/y\ea/\) a/amb< nF ALL PART\FC JUDGE Honorable ST^Phth El/is IT1* biSTriCT coa&T TUctet. ATTOR/I/EY FoR THE Sf-a.it. oa/ APPEAL t Ctik\ST\A/A A/EISOIV AUitCLht District Attorney, Krovfij county TfUAL COUNSEL 5TUART HoLDBA/ P.O. &0X i n bck.llIn3 tr, TK 76>?3~\ AftorntV \rok APPEAL 1 APPellcute Counsel: Tim coPelfrhd P.O. tsx 3(a S. Ct+ IA34, i%H7 HO L.Bd,lCr7 (MtbL _ 3 S±A1£ HeirSheets V, State} 3V-2 f.t^. id HI,13 -M CW.cr/m. AfP. ion J — — & ToknSor) V. J-hcvtf, 1(&7 i.K xd H10, Hi7 CTcX.crl/h.. AM i*#) _ JL Motilieu v. 5tate, 7f ^v. 3d ?TZ,?>*? £hoi^n heloWt Th£ -trio,! record Clea.rH CStccbliSh t>£ th-e evidence - STAT&ABArt a.F THE CASE- on The 'WTh Ua,y aP A u3 UST. XoH t Tesui FEliPE LoPEt.,( 'StPPellanT^) WtL<> convicted In the 2rrh District Court of Brown county,T£xAs a-nd s-en t-ctnLed to life without Pa-tol*. In the T-tXouS b-e.Pa.rtfluent 6F triMl/vaJ Justice ih ca.ui-t &ii-it4-0o&3$~/u-iH-oo23Li Tor the offense Of Continuous lexacul a,buS~e of a. Chlldj S.M.L Co. Pseudoh ya\J in tri&l courT caub-Z number ck-X%^J e^t^enstotfS of t)/n€ for Petition for Discretionary AevlcuSj flrit on* wa,s r^ranTtd l~eCcnd b-enl-ed* Th-t Perl ti Oh \asu. s ex-ten d-cJ ro A4a.rch •lOj 1017, Mlnuh/I) FoP kEV\E\A/ \Mheh two d-tfculled outers StouteM^ntL w-er-e ^rroneou&lV cc/nlttel a.nd ccr^Ued ccS Jh0H/!n9 the connPla-', nan A credibility -i- IS If PlToPtr to find harmless error based Sold/ am thcct CO mPlcLlhc^n fs TtSt Imah V f Th-e rouCi of APPea^lS dltlsloh Conflicts with cn>\ot-htr Court of cuPPza-ls oh th € Sa-fvi-c iLsue, S Peelf Ieasily. Sec SJl^LtL. V. 7o.(e9C> Ctckr, Cri*, APP. M07), The emPhu,siS of har/n ounOLltbib ''Should not he oh the ProPrletY of th-e outcome, of the trial*]. (Interna,! auota.tlon<: omitted)* The court of APPeulS huui ^xii Cov\ Ctr U-ed, J £tectue/ Pule , (L^SUla-tlohj or ordlnccnc-e-j Specifically %ule HH.XCb), Tex* id, APP>. CWeSt MID • AftbUMEA/r Aa/d Authorities The court of APPea.lS uPhdd the trice! Court's Decision to oudon\t orekdud-e. the h-earsay Testimonies RulirtS if it wra,J v/ithln the i^oh-e of r ecus onu, lale dlsccJr ee.ment, si I P op, ff,b. the tourt theh he-Id thu,i ''Even If the court were to aSSUMe thaT officer Self's out-cfY testimony wa.S err oh eo USlY oudsnittedj if wa,S har/nUSb Ih 115-ht of th-e 3rccPh',Cj detcelled testimony Provided k>VS.m.L, SllP °P. PP. %j in its Mat/SiS, The count ef APPtals did not evaluate hdiv The evidence i*ra,s used, "Lnd Instecc-d St/nPlY noted there \mcuS m it wu,S Wour/nlas In l\&ht of the SrcLphic, detailed •k&sH/nohi Provided bY 6./ri.L. Slif *Y tt.t* Thi5 ^na^iisis misoLpflltS th-t Standard of harm review because. It did not o-ddr-eSi the /v\a.)h -iPP-ect o-P the. -error i.e. enkrtn Ce*^en t o-f eo/nria'.nan fs credlbilltY In the fttY tcsfi/nohY descrlb in3 th-e off-enj-e, ThlS caJe \c )/*. Portocn f beCaufe the sto^ndo^rd of r^vltna^ for httr/n under Rule W.ACb), Tex. L APP. tree CuireSt U/S)^ Is often aaIsol. PPllzd* An error rv\c\i be con si dered har/nleSS l-fj'after e.ka.jn.1 n,'n3 th-e record nuS, u~ whole, th-e. E revlewl n3 CaurtJ hctS a, ,fa-]r oussurcenct thcuf error did r\dt Influence the jury, or hcuJ. au s!l3ht effect*. TohhSon v. state, Hb7 a\w. ^d HI0jUi7 tux. cr\*\. APP. \°m). ^Cr*) h ca,Se of zriLVe doubt ouS to hour mltss h*s% th-e. Petitioner must win* /Ra.rJhcn*r v. s-hat-e . JUd S.w. 3d 3£f U.S. 7S~0j 76 r, let, SCt. II 31 j [%mj 10 L.Ed, IST7 (H V(,) CConSt- rulnS federal rule that was Source tor Rule W,JI C/>J). It hca been ov-er ten Steers 6lhC-c this court has a^ddr*SSe:d th~e Inter Play between other evidence ofSiAltt o,nd PoSslbififY of harm from the -errors effect under flute Ht, 1 Cb),.(T€X. PL,APZ> PlroC. Cwest XGI1). See **/>+;!!/>. \/. r 7S~^-6 PkG-SE -3- CBSTlFICAtE DFKEkVire T., certify that ou triAe kO\ (bBclARAtio/v /vEfilFlcATln/v X, TESUS, P£JIPE LoPEz., tOWwo. itrllMj helnj Present!/ th Care -e. routtr d In t-h^e svr.w. sv\ickct-^l unit of th-e TeKOsS DePa-rtment of criminal TitSflCe. In A/tsOERSd/V cowtitY, TeiraS Verity and declare under Penal of PerJury thaf the foreSo'ittQ Siuuh&sneZtAt a.re. true, u-t^d correct* EkECiAtEO da/ THIS TUB -Ut—bAV of AAQLrch 3.017. ft) ^si^si-frt^^ ZreStiJ F> Lo^eZ. tDCJ A/0. i9