Legal Opinion
Ex parte Alvarez
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 29, 2015No. WR-62,426-04PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONCURRING OPINION
Yeary, J., filed a concurring opinion in which Johnson and Newell, JJ., joined.
This is a subsequent post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus, brought pursuant to Article 11.071, Section 5 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.071, § 5. Such writ applications are ordinarily permitted only under limited circumstances, such as the availability of new law or facts that initial state habeas applicants cannot have known to rely upon in an initial or previously considered writ application, id. § 5(a)(1), or a claim that, but for the…
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