Legal Opinion
Ex Parte O'Brien
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 17, 2006No. WR-51,264-03Published
1Opinion of the Court
190 S.W.3d 677 (2006)
Ex parte Derrick Sean O'BRIEN.
No. WR-51264-03.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 17, 2006.
Catherine Greene Burnett, Houston, for Appellant.
Roe Wilson, Asst. District Atty., Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.
ORDER
2Per curiam
This is a subsequent application for habeas corpus in which applicant advances an Eighth Amendment claim, asserting that he might suffer pain during the administration of the chemicals during lethal injection.
Applicant was convicted of capital murder on April 9, 1994. We affirmed the conviction and sentence. O'Brien v. State, no. 71,859…
Also in this document: Dissent.
3Cases cited32 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Helling v. McKinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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