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Leal v. State
(Tex.Crim.App. 11/18/2009)
The jury found appellant guilty of capital murder as charged in the indictment, which included both kidnapping and aggravated-sexual-assault paragraphs. Appellant did not show that there is greater than a 50 percent chance that, if the DNA testing provided exculpatory results, he would not have been convicted under either paragraph. Court of Criminal Appeals, No. AP-76,049, 11-18-2009
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