Legal Opinion

Petetan, US Carnell Jr. A/K/A Carnell Petetan, Jr.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 12, 2021No. AP-77,038Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. AP-77,038 US CARNELL PETETAN, JR., Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON REHEARING UPON COURT’S OWN MOTION FROM CAUSE NO. 2012-2331-C1 IN THE 19TH DISTRICT COURT McLENNAN COUNTY NEWELL, J. filed an opinion in which HERVEY, RICHARDSON, WALKER and MCCLURE, JJ., joined. KELLER, P.J., filed a dissenting opinion in which YEARY, KEEL and SLAUGHTER, JJ., joined. Appellant was convicted of the capital murder of his wife, Kimberly Petetan. The jury rejected, in a special issue, Appellant's claim that he is intellectually disabled and therefore categorically…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Kansas v. CraneSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Hall v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
  5. Patterson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1998

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