AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
Whether the Tex as Court of Criminal Appeals' unex plained dismissal of claims raised in
a subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus, where the claims on their face met the
statutory criteria to be considered on the merits and there was no reasonable basis for dismissing
the claims, violated the most basic due process protection afforded the beneficiary of the state-
created rig ht to have claims in a subsequent habeas application considered on the merits?
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' unexplained dismissal of claims raised in a subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus violated the most basic due process protection afforded the beneficiary of the state-created right to have claims in a subsequent habeas application considered on the merits?