Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Graves
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 2, 2002No. 73,927PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, and HERVEY, J.J., joined.
In his third post-conviction death penalty writ, applicant asks us to consider the following issue: does an allegation in a subsequent writ application that prior ha-beas corpus counsel was not “competent” under article 11.071, section 2(a) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure:1 1) give rise to a cognizable habeas corpus *105claim; and 2) fulfill the requirements under article 11.071, section 5 for having this Court consider the merits of a subsequent writ? Because we find that competency of prior habeas counsel is…
3Cases cited46 opinions
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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4Cited by176 opinions
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