Legal Opinion
Battaglia v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 20, 2017No. AP-77,069PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · RichardsonRichardson, J.
in which Keller, P. J., and Keasler, Hervey, Yeary, Newell, Keel, and Walker, JJ. joined.
In 2002, Appellant, John David Battag-lia, was convicted and sentenced to death for shooting and killing his two young daughters in his apartment while they were talking to their mother on speaker phone. In 2016, shortly before his execution date, Battaglia filed a motion claiming that he “is incompetent to be executed.”1 After an evidentiary hearing was held in November of 2016, the trial court found that Battaglia is competent to be executed.2 Although three mental health experts believed…
3Cases cited27 opinions
- Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- McFarland v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Panetti v. QuartermanSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Rickels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Cooper v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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4Cited by5 opinions
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- In the Matter of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Execution Protocol CasesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2020
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- Ronnie Jackson v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2023
- Wells v. Director, TDCJ-CIDDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2023