Legal Opinion
Green, Jonathan Marcus
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 27, 2012No. AP-76,374, AP-76,376, AP-76,381PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWomack, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
The appellant has been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Shortly before the scheduled execution of the sentence on June 30, 2010, he applied for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he was incompetent to be executed. After the trial court held a hearing and found him competent, we stayed his execution to review the trial court’s determination.
Having reviewed the three matters the appellant brought to us, we shall lift the stay of execution. First, we hold that Article 46.05 of the Code of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Panetti v. QuartermanSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
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3Cited by57 opinions
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