Ex Parte Brooks’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[Ex parte] Young examined the then-recent revision of V.A.C.C.P. Article 11.-07, Sections 2 et seq., which govern applications for habeas corpus relief from final felony convictions. The court noted that, while a statute permits most habeas corpus petitions to be sworn on belief [Art. 11.14(5)], such a qualified oath ‘would not meet the requirement that the post conviction petition contain sworn allegations of fact ...’ 418 S.W.2d at 829 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Johnson

2. “[o]ath must be made that the allegations of the petition are true, according to the belief of the petitioner.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Johnson