Legal Opinion
Alba, Ex Parte John Avalos
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 9, 2008No. AP-75,510Published
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. AP-75,510
EX PARTE JOHN AVALOS ALBA, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
FROM COLLIN COUNTY
Price, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
DISSENTING OPINION
Eight months ago, the momentum of the death machine in Texas propelled us to an unseemly execution. On the same day that the United States Supreme Court agreed to examine the constitutionality of the Kentucky protocol for lethal injection, (1) Michael Richard died on the gurney before the mechanism could grind to a halt. The Supreme Court has since spoken, and a plurality has provided us with…
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- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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