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Ex Parte Wooten

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 12, 2006
No. WR-47,160-02 (Tex. Crim. App. Apr. 12, 2006)

Opinion

No. WR-47,160-02

Delivered: April 12, 2006. DO NOT PUBLISH.

On Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus in Cause No. 16820 from the 6th District Court of Lamar County.

PER CURIAM, WOMACK, J., not participating.


ORDER


This is a subsequent application for habeas corpus filed pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 11.071, Section 5. Applicant asserts he is mentally retarded and cannot be executed. Applicant was convicted of capital murder in May 1998. The jury answered the special issues submitted pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071 and the trial court, accordingly, set punishment at death. We affirmed the conviction and sentence. Wooten v. State, No. 73,134 (Tex.Crim.App. January 9, 2002). Applicant's initial post conviction writ of habeas corpus was received in this Court on September 18, 2000, and relief was denied by written order dated April 3, 2002. Applicant filed a subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus October 2, 2003, alleging inter alia that he was mentally retarded and could not be executed. We determined that the requirements of Article 11.071, section 5 for consideration of subsequent, previously unavailable claims had been met and the issue of mental retardation was remanded to the trial court for resolution. The record has now been returned for our consideration. The convicting court did not hear testimony but received affidavits from witnesses for both applicant and the State. The convicting court made findings of fact and conclusions of law. We have reviewed the record considered by the convicting court and find that the record supports the findings of that court. We adopt the findings of fact and conclusions of law made by the convicting court. Accordingly, relief in this subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus is denied.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Wooten

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 12, 2006
No. WR-47,160-02 (Tex. Crim. App. Apr. 12, 2006)
Case details for

Ex Parte Wooten

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE LARRY WAYNE WOOTEN

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Apr 12, 2006

Citations

No. WR-47,160-02 (Tex. Crim. App. Apr. 12, 2006)