Harvey, Zachariah

CourtTexas Supreme Court
DecidedFebruary 2, 2015
DocketPD-1386-14
StatusPublished

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PD-1386-14 STATE OF TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

FRDWI^/Vfey,/»S0URT 0F flPPEASL COURT OF ZACHARIAH HARVEY M 28 2015 174th DISTRICT COURT OF V HARRIS COUNTY. TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS CAUSE N0:1_3JJLZ£5 Abel Acoata, Clerk APPEAL NO: 14-1 3-nn?7ir,F

PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEU PD# 1386-14 ' l FIROPi;: DENIAL 1-12-15 COURT OF APPEALS- 14th DISTRICT

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

COMES NOW. ZACHARIAH HflRVFY. whom IS INCARCERATED PROSE and IS IN DIGENT. I HAVE NO MONEY, MATERIAL WEALTH, OR INCOME FROM ANY SOUP RCE TO PAY FEES COSTS AND OR ATTORNEY. SPFl Iman B19 S.W.2D406 TEX CRIM CODE PF PROCEDURE 145.TEX RULE OFAPPELLATE PROCEDURE 20 11 CITE: HTRRFNS 257 S.W. 3d 634.

THIS CAUSE IS TIMELY ON INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL/ON APPEAL. FAILS TO CITE LAWS THAT APPLY TO MY CASE. FAILED TO INVE STIGATE OR EVEN CITE OUT OF STATE LAW FROM ARKANSAS. CLAIMING IT WAS FROM CRIMINAL COURT OF APPEALS. ON AND ON.CH£922F2d 52B; SHX- LLQ 913S.W.2d 507 TOBIAS BB4 S.W.2d 571 TO ALLOW PROSE LITIGATION lilIfiriTNS 123 S.Ct 2527 CAN BRING NWE THEORIES IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE. RPCHEILE 791 S.W.2d 121 AND TO PROSE REQUIRED ON PDR. PETERSON B49 S.W.2d 370ART. 1.051 FOR HEARINGS. FARETTA 95 S.Ct 2525. I.IATNRTKHt 102 S. Ct 1300.

ON JULY 13. 2010. MY WIFE KICKED IN MY BEADROOM DDRE. AND PHYSICA LLY ASSAULTED ME BY HITTING ME NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT THE FACE AND UPPER TORSO. I MANANAGE TO GET OUT OF THE BEADROOM TO ESTABLISH DISTANCE BETWEEN MY WIFE AND SELF. I THEN WENT INTO THE KITCHEN TO PUT THE DISHES AND UTENSILS AWAY. I TURNED BACK TO SEE MY WIFE COMMING IN A DOWNWARD MOTION WITH A KNIFE IN HER HAND. I BLOCKED HER ADVANCE. AND STABED HER ONE TIME. SPONTANEOUSLY.I"..WAS. INMFEAR FOR MY LIFE. SEE PC.6.03 ALONZO S§8 S.W.3d 77B JUSTIFICATION. THE STATE DID NOT PROVIDE ITS CASE"INTENT TO KILL BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT" COOK BB4 S.W.2d 4B5.

en ERROR #1

THE OPPINION OF THE 14th CR NO. 14-1 3-00774 ON AUGUST 26. 2014 FROM THE TRIAL CASE #1311763 BY CHRISTOPHER DAMSON & McCALLY. WAS GLOBAL CONCLUSSORY. ABUSE OF DISCRETION NOT SUPPORTED BY THE REC ORD NO CITES. THE ISSUES IN NAME & NUMBER POINT TO THE TRIAL THAT WAS NEITHER FAIR AND IMPARTIAL. THEY ALLOWED FABRICATION OF THE

TRUE PROCEEDINGS. NO CITINGS WHAT SO EVER. I COULDNT TURN THIS IN IF I WERE AN ATTORNEY. ABUSE OF DISCRETION FOR THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS. TO USE THE STATE VERSON OF PROCEEDINGS. SEE

BACK GROUND SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE WILL NOT SUSTAIN THE CON VICTION. IN A SELF DEFENSE CASE WHERE THE ALLEDGE VICTIUM PAST IS THE BASIS OF THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE OF SELD DEFENSE. THE JURY MUST BE PRESENT DURING THE TESTIMONY OF ALL THE WITNESSES CALLED TO VERIFY THE VIOLENT PAST THAT CREATED IN THE MIND OFlFTfflEEDEFEN- DANT THAT HE WAS IN IMINENT DANGER OR DEATH. AND THAT HIS REACT ION WAS JUSTIFIED. THIS DID NOT OCCURE. AZARIA HARVEY "DAUGHTER" TESTIFIED BEFORE THE JURY AND IT WAS LIMITED BY PRE-TRIAL MOTTON IN LIMINE. BY STATE AZARIAH TESTIFIED THE BEST SHE COULD UNDER W\ SAID MOTION. BUT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE JURY UND ER SAID MOTION. BUT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ELABORATE THOROUGHLY AGA IN UNDER SAID MOTION. NON OF THE OTHER FOUR WHICH NEGATES THE MAN -DITORY DUTY OF COURT IN A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL. ON THE SUFF ICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE OF SELF DEFENSE. THE JURY MUST BE PRESENT AND WAS NOT. WHO ARE THE WITNESS THAT GAVE TESTIMONY THAT THE SAME AS TRIAL COURT EXCLUDED? (SEE CUMULATIVE Pg.14) ABSOLLITELY NO EVIDENCE THAT THE DEFENDANT STABBED THE DECEDANT TWICE. THIS IS TOTALLY FABRICATED. I REQUIRE AN EXPERT FORENSIC ^SCIENTIST TO REVIEW THE AUTOPSY AND ALL MEDICAL EXAMINER THAT ACTUALLY PERFOR MED THE AUTOPSY DID NOT TESTIFY. THE OPINION OF THIS COURT IS RIM D.DIEB AND BIASED AGAINST THE DEFENDANT. THEIE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE ALLEFED VICTIM WAS IN A VIOLENT RAGE THAT WE WERE ARGUING. AN THAT I RETREATED FROM MY BEADROOM TO THE KITCHEN. BUT SOME HOW I AM THE VIOLENT ONE. WHICH IS NOT RATIONAL. OBVIOUSLY HER INJURIES CAME WHEN SHE FELL. AND WHEN SHE KICKED DOWN THE DOOR THE PHYSIC^ AL EVIDENCE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CLAIM OF SELF DEFENSE. WHICH IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.

C2.1 THE JURY WAS ENTITLED TO INFER THAT THE DECEDENT HAD HER ARMS RAISED TO SHOW APPELLANT. SHE WAS HOLDING A KNIFE. AND TRIED TO

STAB ME. SHE HAD NO DEFENSIVE WOUNDS. THE JURY WAS NOT FREE TO

TO HEAR THE TESTIMONY OF EXCULPATORY WITNESSES THE STANDARD OF

REVIEW ON SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE ON SELF DEFENSE. WHICH IS AN

AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE CASE CITED BY THE COUTY OF APPEALS IS CLEARY

ERRONEOUS CONTARARY TO LAW. AND THE ABUSE' OF DISCRETION AS EXPLA

INED ABOVE.

THE STATE HAS THE ULTIMATE BURDEN OF PROOF WHEN CONFRONTED

WITH A SECTION 2.03 AND 2.04 DEFENSE. THE STATE BURDEN IS PROV

ING IT'S CASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. THEREFORE. WE HOLD THAT

WHEN A DEFENDANT CHALLENGES .THE FACTUAL SUFFICIENCY OF THE REJE

CTION OF A DEFENSE. THE REVIEWING COURT REVIEWS ALL OF THE EVIDEr-

NCE IN A NEUTRALLIGHT AND ASKS WETHER THE STATE EVIDENCE TAKEN

ALONE IS TOO WEAK TO SUPPORT THE FINDING. AND WEATHER THE FINDING

OF GUILT WAS CONTARY TO THE OVERWHELMING WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE

AS TO BE CLEARY WRONG AND UNJUST.THAT A RATIONAL FACT FINDER C'Ou'lD DETERMINE THAT THE APPELLANT USED DEADLY FORCE WHEN AND TO THE DEGREE HE REASONABLE BELIVED FORCE WAS IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY

TO PROTECT HIMSELF.

IN THIS CASE WHERE THE ALLEDGED VICTIM USE ATTEMPTED TO USE UNLAWFUL DEADLY FORCE THAT IS ALL THE LAW REQUIRES TO RAISE THE

ISSUE OF SELF DEFENSE. THIS WOULD ELIMINATE THE ACCUSATION THAT I

MADE A SELF-SERVING SELF DEFENSE. CLAIM. 911 TAPES OF EMERGENCY

PHONE CALL ARE BASED ON HEARSY. NOT STATEMENT OF FACT PER5E: BROWN

355 F3d B2; CRAWFORD 124 S.Ct.1356. THEREBY NOT TRUST WORTHY OF PRIMARY EVIDENCE. THE CRIME SCEN EVIDENCE IS THE PRIMARY EVIDENCE WHICH IS NOT SELF SERVING CREDIBILITY OF 911 CALLS CITE PENAL COD 9.31-9.32. DUE TO THE ILLEGAL IMPLEMENTATION OF MOTION IN LINE.

THE JURY WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HEAR FROM FOUR OF THE CHARACTER WIT-

ness who were not allowed to give sworn testimony before the jupy

THE PANEL STATES THE JURY IS ENTITLED TO DISBELIEVE THE STATEMENT

AND APPARENTLY THE EVIDENCE FROM THE CRIME SCENE WHICH IS 'iPRJUBEL- BH£LXHA!CDl§SAAC0NEfcHSQSWL§TSEEMEFJ!R5 it&HJCRlIS QSREreiABCEIDffND (5ISIA GttEaREVIQEAIIDQN. ..,: ,,. _...••.""

T31 THE GRANTING OF THE MOTION IN LIMINE WAS AN ABUSE OF DISCRE

TION. MISAPPLIED DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASSERT

AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATE

RHAMRFRS 93 S.G. 103B. SELF DEFENSE IS BASED TOTALLY UPON iilETHEF:

JURYS CONSIDERATION OF THE ELEMENT WHEN PROPERLY INSTRUCTED. TO u

TO DETERMINE THE GUILT INNDCENCE OF THE DEFENDENTBASED ON THE VIC

-TIMS VIOLENT HISTORY T0RRE5V. STATE 117 s.w.3d B91. IN ADDITION

THE STATE HAS A DUTY TO SEE THAT JUSTICE IS DONE AND NOT TO CONV

ICT AND CAN NOT SECRETE WITNESSES. NOR EVIIDENCE THAT WOULD YiNEG-

ATE THE CONVICTION. ART 2.01 C.C.P MITCHEL 977 S.W.2d 575; BR.RRFR

55 S.Ct 629; 5MTTH 205 F3d 1045. MOTION IN LIMINE. HFRNflNnF7 767 S.W.2d 903-4 (4RR-121). T.R.E. 405 IN FACT THE STATE HAS VIOLATED

IT"S OWN MOTION IN LIMINE. BY PROVIDING MY CASE ON APPEAL SEE SEE

STATE BRIEF Pg's 14-21 WHICH IS REVIEWED BY THE APPELLATE COURT AND PERSERVED IN ADDITION VIOLATEB/lRRAnV B3 S.Ct 1194. DO NOT RE QUIRE PRESERVATION SAMCHF7 120 S.W.3d 359 THE MOTION IN LIMINE EFFECTIVELY SHIFTED THE BURDEN OF PROOF FROM THE STATE TO THE DE FENDANT THAT I HAD TO PROVE THERE WAS NO MALICE TO MEET IN STAB

BING MY WIFE. Mill I anfv 9BS.Ct 1881. TO PUT THE KNIFE IN MY HAND AND OUT OF HERS. WHICH IS SPECULATION AND NOT THE TRUTH AI nN7n

353 S.W.3d 7BB P.C.2.03.

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