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By cdw

Looking at the cases for the upcoming edition after the jump. In favor of the accused or condemned Ex parte Charles Hood, NO. AP-75,370; 2010 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 12 &  2010 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 13 (Tex. Crim. App. 2/24/2010) (dissent)(plurality) A sharply divided plurality grants relief on a Penry claim without ever mentioning the salacious allegations that have won this case international condemnation. Specifically, 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. Fred Lawrence Robinson v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 28, 2010 (boomark / email).