Court Opinion

ID: 9457644
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:28:30.292558+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:26.602753
License: Public Domain

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge
(specially concurring):
I concur fully in the Court’s judgment and the opinion for us by Judge Roney. I would add this only to emphasize the obligation on the District Judges in all of the Districts of the Fifth Circuit handling a state habeas case to pinpoint with precision and adequate detail both the facts and controlling local or federal law on the specifics of why the petitioner has failed to exhaust state remedies. This becomes all the more important since the problem frequently shades off into the murky area of deliberate bypass.
Courts are today the subject of widespread criticism for the seemingly endless process from conviction to ultimate determination of post-conviction attacks. Finality is a value judgment society has a right to make. Courts serve that goal with complete fidelity to the rights of the petitioner by judicial action which clearly reveals the basis for decision, and upon which the Court of Appeals can act with assurance and hopefully once and for all.