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IN RE MORTON

No. 03-08-00585-CR.

326 S.W.3d 634 (2010)

In re Michael Wayne MORTON.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled February 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Raley , Diane L. Faust , Cooper & Scully, P.C., Houston, TX, Nina Morrison , Jason Kraeg , Barry Scheck , The Innocence Project, Inc., New York, NY, for Appellant.

Doug Arnold , Assistant District Attorney, Georgetown, TX, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice JONES, Justices WALDROP and HENSON.

OPINION

G. ALAN WALDROP, Justice.

In 1987, appellant Michael Wayne Morton was convicted of the murder of his wife Christine Morton, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2005, pursuant to chapter 64 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, appellant filed a motion for forensic DNA testing of evidence containing biological material that appellant believes may undermine the basis for his conviction. The district court denied, in part, appellant...

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