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Ex Parte Chi

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 9, 2008No. AP-75,930PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Judgment of the CourtHervey, J.

in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS and KEASLER, JJ., joined.

Chi is a death-row inmate who had an execution date set when he filed a subsequent (second) habeas corpus application under Article 11.071, Tex.Code Crim. Proe., and a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of prohibition. These pleadings contain a claim that Texas’ lethal-injection protocol violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments and a request that Chi’s execution be prohibited under Texas’ current lethal-injection protocol.

In Ex parte Alba, the applicant challenged Texas’…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Baze v. ReesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  2. State Ex Rel. Wade v. MaysCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Ex Parte AlbaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  4. Ex Parte O'BrienCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006

4Cited by25 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HarringtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  2. Simon v. LevarioCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
  3. Ex Parte LaveCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
  4. Burns, Ari MichaelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  5. Burns, Ari MichaelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015

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