Leassear, Gerard Reginald

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 16, 2022
• Docket: WR-93,357-01
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-93,357-01

EX PARTE GERALD REGINALD LEASSEAR, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 1239125-A IN THE 183RD DISTRICT COURT FROM HARRIS COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

Applicant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the

possibility of parole. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Leassear v. State,

No. 14-14-00016-CR (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2015). Applicant filed this application for

a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and the district clerk forwarded it to this Court.

See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.

The trial court made findings of fact and conclusions of law, recommending that relief be

denied. This Court adopts the trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law, with the

exception of finding of fact numbers 20, 21, 24, 41–42, 53, 77–81 and conclusions of law numbers

5, 6, and 7. Based on the trial court’s other findings and conclusions and this Court’s independent 2

review of the entire record, relief is denied.

Delivered: March 16, 2022 Do not publish