Norwood's appeal rejected--Murder verdict upheld in Morton slaying
Mark Alan Norwood’s battle to overturn his 2013 conviction and life sentence for murdering Christine Morton in her south Williamson County home in 1986 seems to have hit a dead end.
The Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas’ highest criminal court, refused Wednesday to review an August ruling by the Third Court of Appeals in Austin.
The higher court, which possesses the flexibility to select which cases it will consider, offered no explanation for its decision.
Appellants can ask the judges to reconsider, but such requests are not often granted.
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[font color=green]The story appears on the right side of page 1 of The Williamson County Sun and continues on page 5. Morton's husband, Michael, was wrongly imprisoned for 25 years for the murder due to misconduct by the prosecutor.[/font]
