Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Alba
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 9, 2008No. AP-75,510PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Judgment of the CourtMeyers, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ., joined.
Applicant was found guilty of capital murder and, pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues, the trial court assessed a sentence of death. In Alba v. State, 905 S.W.2d 581 (Tex.Crim.App. 1995), we affirmed the conviction and sentence. Applicant then filed an application for writ of habeas corpus, which we denied. In 2000, the Fifth Circuit reversed Applicant’s sentence and remanded the case for a new sentencing hearing. Based on the second jury’s answers to the special issues, Applicant was again sentenced to death.…
3Cases cited9 opinions
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- Hill v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Gallo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Alba v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Walker v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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