Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Blue
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 7, 2007No. AP-75,254PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
in which MEYERS, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERYEY, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
This is a subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus in a capital case, in which the applicant claims that he cannot be subjected to the death penalty, consistent with Atkins v. Virginia,1 because he is mentally retarded. Although the applicant filed his initial post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus almost a year after the Supreme Court decided Atkins, the applicant failed to raise the issue of mental retardation in that initial writ application. He therefore makes no attempt to argue that…
3Cases cited47 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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4Cited by116 opinions
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- Williams v. ThalerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- Ex parte FournierCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
- Carl Blue v. Rick Thaler, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
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