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EX PARTE JOEL ESCOBEDO (Other)
State: Texas
Court: Criminal Court of Appeals
Docket No: WR-56,818-01
Case Date: 06/12/2013
Preview:IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
WR-56,818-01

EX PARTE JOEL ESCOBEDO

ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN CAUSE NO. 783728 IN THE 232 ND DISTRICT COURT HARRIS COUNTY

Per Curiam.

O R D E R AFTER REMAND

In February 1999, a jury found applicant guilty of the offense of capital murder. The jury answered the special issues submitted under Article 37.071 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, and the trial court, accordingly, set punishment at death. This Court affirmed the conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Escobedo v. State, No. AP-73,450 (Tex. Crim. App. Feb. 13, 2002)(not designated for publication). Applicant filed his initial

Escobedo - 2 writ application in the trial court in October 2000. While the trial court was considering that application, applicant filed a subsequent application in which he raised a claim that his execution was barred because he was mentally retarded. See Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002). We determined that the claim met the requirements of Article 11.071,
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