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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/
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APPEAL 1 APPellcute Counsel:
Tim coPelfrhd
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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
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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
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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*
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