Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 2013

Busby, Edward Lee Jr.

Busby, Edward Lee Jr.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided March 6, 2013

Busby, Edward Lee Jr.

Opinion













IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS




NO. WR-70,747-02


EX PARTE EDWARD LEE BUSBY, JR.



ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CAUSE NO. C-2-008387-0920589-B IN CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT TWO

TARRANT COUNTY


Per curiam.

O R D E R



This is a subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to the provisions of Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 11.071, § 5. (1)

Applicant was convicted in November 2005 of capital murder committed on January 30, 2004. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2). Based on the jury's answers to the special issues set forth in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 37.071, sections 2(b) and 2(e), the trial court sentenced him to death. Art. 37.071, § 2(g). (2) This Court affirmed applicant's conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Busby v. State, 253 S.W.3d 661 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008). Applicant filed his initial post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus in the convicting court in 2008, and this Court denied relief in 2009. Applicant then filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. The federal district court stayed the proceeding and held it in abeyance so that applicant could exhaust claims in state court. Busby v. Thaler, No. 4:09-CV-160-Y, Document 62 (N.D. Tex - Fort Worth Div., August 17, 2012). Applicant then filed this subsequent application in the conviction court on October 1, 2012. In compliance with Art. 11.071, § 5(b)(1), the convicting court forwarded this application to this Court.

We have reviewed this subsequent application and find that the allegations fail to satisfy the requirements of Article 11.071, § 5(a). Accordingly, we dismiss the application as an abuse of the writ without considering the merits of the claims. Art. 11.071, § 5(c).

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS THE 6TH DAY OF MARCH, 2013.



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