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Prima Facie Showing of Actual Innocence Defeats Texas Successive Writ Rule

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2007

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Habeas Corpus. Location: Texas.

On April 4, 2007, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a state prisoner may defeat the rule against filing a successive state application for a writ of habeas corpus, Article 11.07, Section 4, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, by making a prima facie showing of actual innocence.

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