In Death Penalty Cases, a Texas Court Tests the Supreme Court's Patience
Briefly

It is not every day that a prosecutor confesses error, as lawyers say, and joins a defendant in asking that a conviction be thrown out, much less in a capital case in Texas.
The C.C.A. has a remarkable history of treating Supreme Court opinions as optional guideposts rather than the commands of a higher tribunal...
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