(C) Were you represented by counsel on appeal‘.’ If- yes, provide the»attorney'sf name: Mark Alexander
(_D) What was the decision and the date of the decision? Affim€<_i/ VaCa‘Ced 8_31?99 Did you file-a petition for.discretion_ary review in the Court of C`rfii_ni_nal Appe'a_ls?
yes ' ij no
lf you did file a petition for discretionary review, answer the following questions:
(A) What»was the case number? N/A/ March 5 / 2000.
(B) Wh'at was the decision and the date of the decision? Refused°
Have you previously filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus under Article 11.07` of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure challenging this conviction'?~
yes i`_`l no
lf you answered yes, answer the following~questions:
(A) What was the Court of Criminal Appeals’ writ number? WM;Q_Z______
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(15)
(16)
(B) What was the decision and the date of the decision? D@nied Without Writt@n Ord@r
(C) Please identify the reason that the current claims were not presented and could not have been presented on your previous application.
Scientific evidence was not available to applicant. Experts became
available with the last year. Witness recantation had not occurred.
Evidence is newly discovered and newly obtained. Legislation had
not passed Tex. Code of Crim. Prod. art. ll.073.
Do you currently have any petition or appeal pending in any other state or federal court-? '
E]. yes ' l:l no
if you answered yes, please provide the name of the court and th'e"case number.:
If you are presenting a claim for time credit, have you exhausted.'your administrative remedies by presenting your claim to the time-credit resolution system of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice? (This requirement applies to any final felony conviction, including state jail felonies)
[I| yes ill no
lf you answered yes, answer the following questions:
(A) What date did you present the claim?
(B) Did you receive a decision and, if yes, what was the date of the deeision?
If you answered no, please explain why you have not submitted your claim:
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(1_7) Beginning on page 6, state conciser every legal ground for your claim that you are being unlawfully restrained, and then briefly summarize the facts supporting each ground. You must present each ground on the form application and a-hrief summary of the facts Ifyou'r~grounds and briefsummaty-of`thef_izcts'have not been presented on the form application`,; the Court will not consider your grounds If you have more than four grounds, use pages-14 and 15'0t't'he;l`orm, which you may copy as many times as needed to give~you‘ a separate page for each ground, with each ground numbered iniseq'uence.- -The recita't'ionof the facts supporting each ground must be no longer than the two-pages provided for the ground in.the form.
You may include with the form a memorandum of law if you want to present legal ?
authorities, but the Court will not consider grounds for relief set out in a
memorandum of law that were not raised on the forma The citations and argument
must be in a memorandum that complies with Texas Rule of Appe_llate Procedure 73
and.does not exceed 15,000 words if computer’-generated.or 50 pages if not. If you
are challenging the validity of your conviction, please include a summary of the facts pertaining to your offense and trial ini your memorandum.
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GR()UND ()NE:
APPLICANT IS INNOCENT AND THIS CONVICTION WAS OBTAINED BY THE STATE VIOLATING
. IEIJHIAMEND./ 6TH AMEND. AND 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
FACTS SUPPORTING GROUND’ ONE: THE STATE OBTAINED THE PRIMARY CONVICTION BY THE FOLLOWING ACTS
OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT: (A) THE STATE PRESENTED THE FALSE
SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY OF DR. A.J. ALAMIA; THE STATE SUBSTANTIATRD
AND BOLSTERED THEIR WITNESSES TESTIMONIES WITH DR. AMAMIAS'S
FALSE TESTIMONY. (B) THE STATE INFLUENCED STATE WITNESS BEATRICE
TREVINO'S IDENTIFICATION WITH UNDULY SUGGESTIVE POST-EVENT
INFORMATION AND POST-EVENT MISINFORMATION7 THE STATE WITHHELD
THAT BEATRICE HAD TOLD THE PROSECUTOR THAT SHE BELIEVED SHE HAD
MISIDENTIFIED THE APPLICANT AND IN RESPONSE THE PROSECUTOR HAD
EXPOSED BEATRICE TREVINO TO SUGGESTIVE AND PREJUDICIAL POST-EVENT
INFORMATION/MISINFORMATION: THE STATE PRESENTED BEATRICE TUMWDB
EALSE TESTIMONY. (C) THE STATE PRESENTED STATE WITNESS YVONNE
GONZALES' FALSE TESTIMONY; THE STATE WITHHELD BALLISTIC-RELATED
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FINDINGS, THAT UNDERMINED THE ESSENCE OF YVONNE GONZALES'
TESTIMONYF (AMENDMENTS)> PURSUANT TO ARGUMENT (A), APPLICANT ADDITIONALLY
CONTENDS/ THE THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE HE HAS PRESENTED 'CONTRADICTS SCENIETC
EVIDENCE RELIED ON BY THE STATE AT TRIAL.' THUS, APPLICANT ARGUES/ THAT
HE HAS MET THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH BY ARTICLE 11.073 IN THE TEX. CODE OF
CRIM. PROCD. PURSUANT TO ARGUMENT (B)/ APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT WITNESS
BEATRICE TREVINO'S RECANTATION AND MIS-IDENTIFICATION CLAIM/ NEEDS TO BE
REASSESSED AND CONSIDERED IN CONJUCTION WITH THE SUGGESTIVE POST EVENT
INFORMATION TREVINO WAS EXPOSED TO BE THE STATE AND NEWLY DISCOVERED
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE ON POST EVENT INFORMATION/MISINFORMATION GIUEMDETKN.UJ
PURSUANT TO ARGUMENT (C)/ APPLICANT CONTENDS/ THAT THE STATE INFLUENCED
NW)CR TAINTED WITNESS YVONNE GONZALES' D§{IURB{UBHIEKETBIJOFDPPEKDNT/ BY
BY DETECTIVES TELLING GONZALES THAT APPLICANT WAS A GANG MEHBER. THAT, WAS l
HUHUICULLYSUXDSUNEI{STEMDU‘DUUW@EIIL GISHIRLK;IHSNWHBE,THEUIN.
[l] PURSJANI‘ 'IO GRO.ND l\lIV|BER CNE, APPLIC`ANI‘ ]l\]VCKES ARI'ICL.E 11.073/ W'IEREAPPLICABLE.
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GR()UND T\VO:
APPLICANT IS INNOCENT AND THIS CONVICTION IS THE RESULT OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL: VIOLATING THE 5TH AMEND-/ 6TH AMEND. AND THE 6th AMENDMENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
FACTS SUPPORTING GROUND T\VO:
THE PRIMARY CONVICTION IS THE RESULT OF THE FOLLOWING ACTS OF
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL: (A) COUNSEL FAILED TO INVESTIGATE AND GER A FIRM GRASP OF DR. A.J. ALAMIA'S PROPSED
SCIENTIFI TESTIMONY; TRIAL COUNSEL INJECTED A PREJUDICIAL EXPERT
wITNESS (DR. ALAMIA) INTO THE TRIAL. (B) COUNSEL FAILED JNVESI‘IGAIE AND GET A FIRM GRASP, OF THE ALLEGED IDENTIFICATION OF APPLICANT'S
EYES AND THE INFORMATION ON SUCH AN IDENTIFICATION. ADDITIONALLY/
CONSEL FAILED TO CONSULT AND PRESENT DR. PAUL MICHEL. (C) CUREEL
FAILED TO INVESTIGATE AND GE A FIRM GRASP OF THE BALLISTIC-
RELATED EVIDENCE. ADDITIONALLY FAILED TO CONSULT AND PRESENT A BALLIS EXPERT MAX SCOTT. (D) COUNSEL FAILED TO INVESTIGATE AND
GET A FIRM GRASP/ ON PRIOR INCIDENTS INVOLVING DETECTIVE JOSEPH
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BUENROSTRO AND THE APPLICANT/ AND BRING THEM TO THE ATTENTION
OF THE JURY. SPECIFICALLY, AN INCIDENT WHERE DET. BUENROSTRO
HAD THREATENED TWO JUVENILES INTO SIGNING FALSE STATEMENT
AGAINST THE APPLICANT. (E) COUNSEL FAILED TO PROTECT APPLICANT'S INTEREST AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS/ AFTER STATE WITNESS BEATRICE
TREVINO REVEALED WHAT HAD OCCURRED BETWEEN HER AND THE H{HKUKR/
(e.g., COUNSEL FAILED TO AS FOR A CONTINUANCE/ TO INVESTIGATE
THE POST-EVENT INFORMATION BREATRICE TREVINO HAD BEEN EXPOSED
AND HOW IT INFLUENCED HER IDENTIFICATION. FAUHNG HJREQUEST THAT
BEATRICE TREVINO'S IDENTIFICATION BE SUPPRESEED AND STRIKEN H€M
THE REDORD. BASED ON BEATRICE TREVINO'S IDENTIFICATION HAVING
BEEN CONTAMINATED BY THE STATE. FAILED TO REQUEST A MISTRIAL/
PURSUANT TO THE STATE NOT DISCLOSING THE PRE-TRIAL INCIDENT
BETWEEN BEATRICE TREVINO AND THE PROSECUTOR AND THAT BEATRICE
TREVINO'S IDENTIFICATION HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED BY THE STATE.
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FAILED TO REQUEST A JURY CHARGED THAT INFORMED THE JURY HOW SUGGESTIVE POST-
qu@;LNEQRMAIION;c N EFFECT AN EYEWITNESS MEMORY).
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GROUND THREE:
APPLICANT IS INNOCENT AND THIS CONVICTION WAS OBTAINED BE THE THE CUMULATIVE EF`FECT OE` DENIAL AND VIOLATIONS OE` THE STHAMEND., 6TH AMEND. AND 14‘1‘[~1 AMENDMENT OE` THE U.S. CONTITUTION.
FACTS SUPPORTING GROUND THREE:
THE PRIMARY CONVICTION WAS OBTAINED BY THE E`OLLOWING CONTITUTIONAL
VIOLATIONS: PROSECUTORIAL MISISCONDUCT AND INEE`FECTIVE ASSISTANCE
OE` COUNSEL. HEREIN/ GROUND NUMBER ONE AND GROUND. NUMBER TWO
ARE ADOPTED AND RESTATED.
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GR()UND FOUR: APPLICANT IS INNOCENT AND THIS CONVICTION WAS OBTAINED BY
VIOLATIONS OF THE 5TH AMEND./ 6TH AMEND./ BTH AMEND./ AND THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
FACTS SUPPORTING GROUND FOUR:' APPLICANT'S CLAIM OF INNOCENCE HEREIN, IS INTERTWINED WITH THE
CONSITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS CITED AND ARGUED IN GROUND NUMBER ONE/
GOUND NUMBER TWO AND GROUND NUMBER THERE OF THIS APPLICATION.
(AMENDMENTS)> PURSUANT TO A PRIMA FACIE SHOWING OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE, THE
FOLLOWING IS CUMULATIVELY SUBMITTED: THE PRIMARY CONVICTION IS BASED ON THE
TRIAL IDENTIFICATIONS BY WITNESSES (RAUL C-I.]ERRER), YVCI\NE (H\]ZALES & BE`A'IRICE ']REV'.|ND)/
AND SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY OF (I:R. A.J. ALA[V[[A). FIRST, GONZALES HAS RECANTED HER
TRIAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT/ SPECIFICALLY AN'IMPROBABLE' "EYES"
IDENTIFICATION. ADDITIONALLY/ FCRE[\EIC CPIUVIE!]RY SECIALISI‘ DR. PAUL lV[[G-lEL, EU]ND
GONZALES' IDENTIFICATION OF THE "EYE" BLATANTLY INVALID'. EUR]I-IERIV[RE/ BALLISI'ICS
EXPERT MAX SCOTT DETERMINED/ THAT GONZALES' TRIAL VERSION OF` THE SHOOTING
WAS MISLEADING AND FALSE. GINZALES' ]IENI'IFICA'I'ICN @` APPLICDNI"S EMES, WAS BASF_D AND
OCRE{B;RATED CN HER VERSICN OF ‘]I-]E S-IDI‘ING. THESE TWO EXPERTS "CORROBORATE" THE
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MISIDENTIFICATION, GONZALES HAS REVEALED. SECOND, BEATRICE TREVINO RE[`ANIED
AND ADV[[‘I'IED S-]E MIS]DENI'IE‘IED ']I-]E APPLICANI‘. [2] ADDITIONALLY/ THERE ; IS NOW MTC
EVIDENCE O.\] ]§CSI' EVENI‘ W[[S]I_\IEUVIA'I'ICI\i/]l\]ECRlVIA'I'ICI\L THAT SHOWS/ THE STATE INFLUENCED
AND CONTAMINATED TREVINO'S IDENTIFICATION OF' THE APRLICANT,_;AFTER TREVINO
CONFESSED TO THE PROSECUTOR SHE BELIEVED SHE HAD_MISIDENTIFIED ']I‘]E APPLICANI'.
THIRD, DR._`A\_LAMIA'S SCIENTIFIC TESTIMON¥/ WHICH THE STATE RELIED_ON TO
CORRQBORATE THE _TESTIMONIES,__._QE_=_\=THE STATE'S WI_TNESSES.. HAS NOW BEEN,SHOWN TO
HAVE BEEN MISLEADING AND INCORRECT.'- IN A NUTSHELL, MOST OF THE EVIDENCE 'IHAT
THE` STI-\TE USED TO OBTAIi_\l THIS. CONVICTION/ HAS NOW BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN
,UNRELIABLE, M;SLEADING AND_INCORRECT. THUS, ESTABLISHING A PRIMA EACIE
SHOWiNG OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE. BUT/ IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND ON BEHALF
>OF AN INNOCENT MAN/ TAKE "ALL" THE EVIDENCE THAT POINTS TO APPLICANT'S
,INNOCENCE, (E.G., STORE ATTENDANT'S sTATEMENT, ALL wITNESSES THAT cLAIM mxmnmmransmorcaufn<$$,ALLTHEaEno$S§;AITHERNHY'HDE
‘]I-]ERE, APPLICANI"S ALIBI WI']I\]ESSES). [2] APPLICANI‘ O:NIEN]B/ 'IREV'.|I\U'S REI`ANI‘ATICN NEEDS 'IO BE
REUNS]DERED, INLIGEOFTEELUEQHITCEVMURBTEVEVTMUMMU.
s1;3)
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GR()UND: FIVE NLDBJWE IS INNOCENT AND SUBMITS AN INDEPENANT CLAIM UNDER ARTICLE 11.073
OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
FACTS SUPPORTING GROUND:
APPLICANT CONTENDS, THAT HE HAS PRESENTED CREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE/
THAT "CONTRADICTS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE RELIED ON BY THE STATE AT TRIAL."
APPLICANT ARGUES/ THAT HE HAS MET THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH BY ARTCLE 11.073
OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
AT TRIAL/ THROUGH DR. A.J. ALAMIA THE STATE PRESENTED SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY,
SPECIFICALLY/ "THAT IN TRAUMATIC EVENTS THE HUMAN MEMORY FUNCTIONS LIKE
A CAMERA: TAKING SNAPSHOTS THAT STAY INGRAINED IN THE MEMOR ". THE IN THEIR
CLOSING ARGUMENTS, THE STATE EMPHASIZED ON DR. ALAMIA'S SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY/
BOLSTERING THE TESTIMONIES OF THE STATE'S KEY WITNESSES. BASED ON THIS
MENTIONED SCIENTIFIC TESTIMONY AND THE STATE'S CLOSING ARGUMENTS/ THE JURY
WAS LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION/ THAT DURING THE CRIME/ THE MEMORIES OF THE
wITNESSES 0PERATED L`IKE A cAMERA.
APPLICANT CONTENDS, THAT PURSUANT TO THE EXPERT SCIENTIFIC OPINIONS AND/OR
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CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RESEACH BY DR. JAMES ALDRIDGE, DR ELIZABETH F. LOFTUS/
DR JULIAN P. KEENAN/ DR. DANIEL L. SCHACTER, THE RESEARCH AND FINDINGS OF
THE INNOCENCE PROJECTS/ CONCLUSIONS BY THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT IN
HENDERSON V. HENDERSON/ 208 N.J. 208 AND THE EXPERTS WHO TESTIFIED THEREIN.
APPLICANT VIGOROUSLY CONTENDS, HE HAS PRESENTED CREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC ENIUHIE
THAT CONTRADICTS THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE RELIED ON BY THE STATE AT HIS
TRIAL.
APPLICANT CONTENDS/ THAT HE HAS ESTABLISHED THE PROVISIONS IN ARTICLE
11.073 OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMIAL PROCEDURE.
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WHEREFORE, APPLlCANT PRAYS THAT THE COURT GRANT APPLICANT RE.LIEF TO WHlCH HE MAY BE ENTITLED lN THle PROCEEDING.
V ERIFICATI()N
This application must be verified or it will be dismissed for noncompliance For verification'purposes, an applicant is a person filing the application on his or her own behalf A petitioner is a person filing the application on behalf of an applicant, for cxample, an applicant’s attorney An inmate is a person who is in custody
The inmate applicant must sign either the “Oath. Bc.t`ore a Notary P`ublic"’ before a notary public or the “lfn,mate`s Declaration" without a notary public. .lt` the inmate is represented by a licensed attorney, the attorney may sign the "Oath Bci`ore a Notary Publi`c” as petitioner and then complete “Petitioner’s [nforination.” A non~inmate applicant must sign the “Oath-Before a Not'ary Public” before a notary public unless he is represented by a licensed attorney in which case the attorney may sign the verification as petitioner
A non-inmate non-attorney petitioner must sign the "Oath Bet`ore' a Notary Public” before a notaryjp_ublic and must also complete "Petition.er’s information.” An_ inmate petitioner must sign either the “Oath Before a Notary Public” before a notaiy public or'the “lnmate.=’s Decl`aration?’ without a notary public and must also complete the appropriate “Pe'titio'ner’s` Informatio_n_-.”
OATH` BEF()`REv A NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF TEXAS CoUNTY or §%”e,s~ MM/é% /'/t /7% f€/L 0 g , being duly sworn, under oath says:v “I am the applicant»/ petitioner (circle one) in this action and know the contents of the above
application for a Writ of habeas corpus and, according t_o my bciicf, the facts stated in the application are true.”
Signarure Petitioner (ci`rcle one)
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE M-E THIS DAY OF , 20
Signature of Notary Public
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PETITIONER’S [NFORMATION
Pctitioner’s printed name:
Statc bar number, ii" applicable
Addrcss:
Telcphone:
Fax:
INM:ATE’S DECLARATI()N
l, %L/§//§m///v »¢%0 reyes j , am the applicant / petitioner (c`ircle o.ne) and-
being presently incarcerated in gte //‘“e/)c% M/_ ,¢Z/er/;¢ /» , declare under penalty of
perjury that, according to my beliet`, thc facts stated in the above application are true and correct.
Sisned on /%/0 §,»// ,20/,<' .
%/¢,MMQZ
SignatureCpp_/M o who Petitioner (circle one)
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PETlTIONER"S l.NF()RMATlON
Petitioner’S printed namet
Address:
'l`elephonez
Fax-:
Signed on
Signature of Pctitioner
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