Charles Edwin Bullard v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent

This case is before us on remand from the Supreme Court. The Court vacated our earlier opinion and asked us to consider whether the Texas Constitution offered the petitioner, Charles Edwin Bullard, relief on grounds independent of the United States Constitution. The petitioner has now asked us to dismiss his federal habeas petition with prejudice and vacate the district court’s decision granting him habeas relief, so that he may return to state court to seek relief under the state constitution. 1 Since both parties to this litigation now agree that the district court’s opinion should be…