Court Opinion

ID: 9684759
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 14:10:54.037524+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:59.371855
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OPINION ON STATE’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
After we delivered our original opinion in this cause, the Governor issued a proclamation on November 18, 1982, which commut*483ed the death penalty to life imprisonment. Because of the Governor’s action, any error in light of Estelle v. Smith, 451 U.S. 454, 101 S.Ct. 1866, 68 L.Ed.2d 359 (1981), no longer exists.
Accordingly, the State’s Motion for Rehearing is granted and the relief requested by the applicant is denied. See Adams v. State, 624 S.W.2d 568 (Tex.Cr.App.1981); May v. State, 632 S.W.2d 751 (Tex.Cr.App.1982).
It is so ordered.
CLINTON and TEAGUE, JJ., dissent.