Travis County DA Seeks to Overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s Pardon of Army Sergeant Convicted of Murder

District Attorney Jose Garza said the governor’s pardoning of Daniel Perry was ‘unlawful.’

U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry in undated file photographs. Courtesy of Broden & Mickelsen/Austin Police Department

The district attorney in Austin, Texas, announced on Tuesday that he has called on the state’s highest criminal court to intervene and reverse Governor Greg Abbott’s pardoning of former U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry.

Speaking at a press conference, Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza called the governor’s pardoning of Mr. Perry “unlawful” and urged the state’s court of appeals to overturn it to “restore the sanctity of the rule of law in this great state.”