Ex parte Murphy

Alcala, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Walker, J., joined.

In this application for post-conviction habeas relief filed by Julius Jerome Murphy, applicant, the habeas court never heard any live testimony from the two witnesses who are pertinent for the resolution of applicant's false-evidence claim. I, therefore, would remand this case to the habeas court for it to properly analyze applicant's claim based on a complete review of all the pertinent evidence, rather than, as this Court's majority does, deny applicant's claim based on the existing record that includes only written…