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Ex Parte Davis

Citations

  • 947 S.W.2d 216
  • 1996 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 256
  • 1996 WL 724667

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing this Court’s “constitutional powers over the writ of habeas corpus”
  • discussing legislature's constitutional power to \regulate\ this Court's original habeas corpus jurisdiction
  • discussing legislature’s constitutional power to “regulate” this Court’s original habe-as corpus jurisdiction
  • amendments to Article 11.071, limiting subsequent applications for writ of habeas corpus, were procedural and did not affect vested, substantive rights
  • legislation enacting statutory abuse-of-the-writ provision for capital post-conviction habeas corpus writs was legitimate exercise of legislative authority under Article I, Section 12, of the Texas Constitution
  • legislation enacting statutory abuse-of-the-writ provision for capital post-conviction habeas corpus writs was legitimate exercise of legislative authority under Article I, Section 12, of the Texas Constitution

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Judges: McCormick, Baird, Mansfield, Clinton, White, Meyers, Keller, Overstreet, Maloney

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Cites

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