Court Opinion

ID: 9366913
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-01-30 02:12:51.227659+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:55.962098
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                                          NO. WR-92,567-01

                         EX PARTE TRENDA KEMMERER, Applicant

                   ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                   CAUSE NO. 0884941-A IN THE 174TH DISTRICT COURT
                               FROM HARRIS COUNTY

         Per curiam. WALKER , J. dissented.

                                               ORDER

         Applicant was convicted of murder and sentenced to fifty-five years’ imprisonment. The

First Court of Appeals affirmed her conviction. Kemmerer v. State, 113 S.W.3d 513 (Tex. App.—

Houston [1st Dist.] 2003). 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.

         Applicant alleges that she is entitled to relief due to the change of an expert witness’ opinion.

TEX . Code CRIM . PRO . Art. 11.073. The trial court found the change of opinion to be material and

recommended granting relief. We disagree.

         The expert who changed her opinion was only one of five experts who testified at trial. The
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issue in question was litigated at trial and the existence of differing opinions within the scientific

community was brought to the attention of the jury. Applicant does not show by a preponderance

of the evidence that had this change of opinion been presented at trial, the applicant would not have

been convicted of murder. TEX . Code CRIM . PRO . Art. 11.073.

       Based on this Court’s independent review of the entire record, we deny relief.

Filed: January 25, 2023
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