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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The weekly edition is now available. From the intro: Leading off this edition is the stunning opinion from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Ex parte Charles Hood. The Hood Court appears to go out of its way to grant relief on a Penry claim that potentially had substantial procedural problems, and likewise went out of its not to mention the affair between trial court judge and prosecutor. Specifically, a sharply divided plurality grants relief as the jury instructions limited the ability of the jurors to fully consider in mitigation issues like the condemned?s learning disabilities, being hit over the head with a pipe for discipline, and had a that he had a truck back over him as toddler causing developmental issues and breaking his legs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 01, 2010 (boomark / email).