Chi, Ex Parte Heliberto

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NOS. AP-75,930 & AP-75,931 EX PARTE HELIBERTO CHI, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION IN CAUSE NO. 0805594A FROM THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 3 OF TARRANT COUNTY P RICE, 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…