Court of Appeals of Texas November 14, 2002, 2-01-088-CR (Mercier v. State)

OPINION

SAM DAY, Justice.

I. Introduction

A jury found Appellant Jeremy Phillip Mercier guilty of capital murder. Appellant appeals his conviction raising two points on appeal: 1) the trial court erred by denying Appellant’s motion for new trial when he presented newly discovered evidence of someone else confessing to the crime; and 2) the trial court erred by refusing to hear the recantation