ABSALON v. STATE

No. 13-12-00666-CR.

478 S.W.3d 1 (2014)

Ryland Shane ABSALON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

Discretionary Review Granted June 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Alexander Drummond , Norman, OK, for Appellant.

Charles M. Mallin , Chief, Appellate Section, Fort Worth, Joe Shannon Jr. , Tarrant County Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, for Appellee.

Before Justices RODRIGUEZ, GARZA, and PERKES.


OPINION

In 1984, eighteen-year-old Ginger Hayden was found stabbed to death in her bedroom. Twenty-six years later, appellant Ryland Shane Absalon was arrested and charged with the offense. In 2012, a Tarrant County jury convicted Absalon of capital murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. See TEX...

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