Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Moreno
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 6, 2008No. AP-75,748PublishedCited by 102 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
In this cause, we take the unusual step of reconsidering, on our own initiative, a claim raised in an initial post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus in a capital murder case, but rejected by this Court in an order issued in 2000. Since that time, the United States Supreme Court has issued a pair of decisions that call into question the correctness (indeed, the objective reasonableness) of our original disposition of that claim. In light of those decisions, and considering the applicant’s…
3Cases cited36 opinions
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- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Tennard v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions DivisionSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Skipper v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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4Cited by102 opinions
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