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A-08-5080-4CR
NOW COMES, Applicant Chadrick Pate ,by and through the undersigned Nema
Bardin Petitioner pro se on behalf of Applicant Chadrick Pate in the above titled and
The state provided no evidence that applicant committed the offense of Murder as
alleged in the Indictment Ex #1 CR pgs. 4 -5 and for which the Jury found him Guilty
Ex #1 CR page 72-73 Jury Verdict Form. Applicant is Actually Innocent both legally
and factually.
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The Jury Charge Ex #1 CR pages 60 -71 given to the jury was not authorized by the
indictment. Malik v. State 953 S W 2d 234, 240 Tex Crim. Appeal 1997. The court of
criminal appeals has made clear that under Malik, the indictment is the basis for the
allegations which must be proved and that the hypothetically correct jury charge for the
(Tex. Crim. App. 2001) (citing Planter v. State 9 S W 3d 156, 159 n. 5 & 6 (Tex.
When a statute lists more than one method of committing an offense and the indictment
alleges some but not all of the statutorily listed methods, the State is limited to the
methods alleged Fuller v. State 73 SW 3d 250, 252 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002)
The statutory elements of Texas Penal Code 7.02 were not plead (alleged) in the
2000, A sufficiency of the evidence review are limited to the elements that have been
alleged. Ex #1 CR pgs 4 & 5 The indictment alleged the statutory elements of Texas
Penal Code 19.02(b)(1)&(b)(2) but not 19.02 (b)(3). Further, the indictment omits any
mention of any other potential offenses of or described under Texas Penal Code 7.02
encouraged aided or intended to aid another person in the offense of murder or had an
Under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 ,319.99 S. Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed. 2d 560
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(1979) the State must prove the statutory elements that it has chosen to allege, not some
other alternative statutory elements that it did not allege. Planter v. State 9 S W 3d
156,159 Tex. Crim. App 1999 (State plead only one of two statutory alternatives for
proving murder for remuneration). Sufficiency of the evidence was measured only by
It is clear from the face of the trial court's own records that the offense alleged in the
indictment does not authorize the abstract portion of the Jury Charge pursuant to Texas
Penal Code 7.02 given to the Jury and clear from the record that The State did not prove
the elements of Murder alleged in the indictment, and that the Jury Verdict of Guilty is
clear that the jury charge instruction pursuant to Texas Penal Code 7.02 was designed
to influence the jury toward an illegal finding of guilt and illegal conviction.
SUPPLEMENTAL PRAYER
Wherefore, Applicant prays for an Immediate Order of Acquittal and Release from
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Nema Bardin , hereby certify and swear under penalty of perjury that the foregoing
Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Memorandum In Support was mailed to The
Aransas County District Clerk's Office at 301 North Live Oak Street, Rockport, Texas 78382
__________________________
Nema Bardin Petitioner Pro Se
State of Texas
County of Travis
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Notary of Public
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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
______________________
Nema Bardin
Petitioner
1801 Westlake Dr.
#112
Austin Texas 78746
512-487-0197
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INDEX OF AUTHORITIES..........................................................................................ii
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE......................................................................................4
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE............................................................................5
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