Cathey, Eric Dewayne ( 2015 )


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  •                                                                            WR-55,161-02
    COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
    AUSTIN, TEXAS
    March 4, 2015                                              Transmitted 3/3/2015 4:59:55 PM
    Accepted 3/4/2015 9:50:00 AM
    ABEL ACOSTA
    CLERK
    IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
    _________________________________
    NO. WR-55-161-02
    _________________________________
    EX PARTE ERIC DEWAYNE CATHEY,
    Applicant.
    ___________________________________________________________
    On Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus
    Cause No. 713189-B in the 176th District Court, Harris County
    ___________________________________________________________
    REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
    Layne E. Kruse
    State Bar No. 11742550
    layne.kruse@nortonrosefulbright.com
    Sumera Khan
    State Bar No. 24064319
    sumera.khan@nortonrosefulbright.com
    Emery G. Richards
    State Bar No. 24093038
    emery.richards@nortonrosefulbright.com
    NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP
    1301 McKinney, Suite 5100
    Houston, Texas 77010-3095
    Telephone: (713) 651-5151
    Telecopier: (713) 651-5246
    Counsel for Eric DeWayne Cathey
    REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
    On January 22, 2015, this Court submitted for rehearing Ex Parte Eric
    DeWayne Cathey, No. WR-55-161-02, 2014 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1762 (Tex.
    Crim. App. Nov. 5, 2014). At issue is how Texas should apply the mandate of
    Atkins v. Virginia, 
    536 U.S. 304
    (2002) to exclude intellectually disabled 1 persons
    from execution in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Hall v. Florida,
    
    134 S. Ct. 1986
    (2014) that these determinations be consistent with the medical
    community’s current diagnostic framework for intellectual disability.                                                In
    overturning the trial court’s finding that Mr. Cathey is mentally retarded and
    cannot be executed, this Court upheld the Ex parte Briseño adaptive functioning
    factors, refused to allow the clinically-indicated Flynn Effect IQ-score adjustment,
    and rejected the finding that the best clinical practice adjusts an IQ score which
    was closer to the date of conviction instead of retesting after years of incarceration.
    Mr. Cathey acknowledges that upon a grant of rehearing, “[o]ral argument
    may, but normally will not, be permitted,” Tex. R. App. P. 79.4, and that if a case
    is not set for oral argument “counsel may—within 30 days of the date of the clerk’s
    notice—petition the Court to allow argument.” Tex. R. App. P. 75.2. In light of
    the fact that it is unclear whether a grant of rehearing has occurred, Mr. Cathey
    prays the Court grant his request for oral argument so the unique and precedential
    issues in his case may be considered fully.
    1
    In accord with Hall v. Florida, the term “intellectual disability” is used to refer to the disability previously known
    as “mental retardation.” This request uses “mental retardation” since it was used in the trial court findings.
    Respectfully submitted,
    /s/ Layne E. Kruse___________
    Layne E. Kruse
    State Bar No. 11742550
    layne.kruse@nortonrosefulbright.com
    Sumera Khan
    State Bar No. 24064319
    sumera.khan@nortonrosefulbright.com
    Emery G. Richards
    State Bar No. 24093038
    emery.richards@nortonrosefulbright.com
    NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP
    1301 McKinney, Suite 5100
    Houston, Texas 77010-3095
    Telephone: (713) 651-5151
    Telecopier: (713) 651-5246
    Counsel for Eric DeWayne Cathey
    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
    I certify that a true and correct copy of the above document was served on
    the State of Texas through electronic filing of this document and by mailing a
    copy, postage prepaid, to Roe Wilson, Harris County District Attorney’s Office,
    1201 Franklin, Houston, Texas 77002 and Jefferson Clendenin, Office of the Texas
    Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Austin, Texas 78711 on this 3rd day of March
    2015.
    /s/ Layne E. Kruse
    Layne E. Kruse
    

Document Info

Docket Number: WR-55,161-02

Filed Date: 3/4/2015

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 9/28/2016