Chavez, Ex Parte Adrian’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 14 state decisions

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1. “If a subsequent application for a writ of habe-as corpus is filed after filing an initial application, a court may not consider the merits of or grant relief based on the subsequent application unless the application contains sufficient specific facts establishing that: (1) the current claims and issues have not been and could not have been presented previously in a timely initial application or in a previously considered application ... because the factual or legal basis for the claim was unavailable on the date the applicant filed the previous application; (2) by a preponderance of the evidence, but for a violation of the United States Constitution no rational juror could have found the applicant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; or (3) by clear and convincing evidence, but for a violation of the United States Constitution no rational juror would have answered in the state’s favor one or more of the special issues that were submitted to the jury....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reed v. Stephens

2. “[w]hen our independent review of the record reveals that the trial judge's findings and conclusions are not supported by the record, we may exercise our authority to make contrary or alternative findings and conclusions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex Parte Navarijo

3. “A witness's intent in providing false or inaccurate testimony and the State's intent in introducing that testimony are not relevant to false-testimony due-process error analysis.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte Carty