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- Title: Ex Parte Ronald Curtis Chambers
- Author : 260 Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas No. 69
- Release Date : January 05, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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ODOM, Judge This is a post-conviction habeas corpus application filed pursuant to Art. 11.07, V.A.C.C.P.The application was ordered filed and set for submission on the allegations that the admission of Dr. Grigson's testimony violated the applicant's rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and the death penalty was assessed. On appeal the conviction was affirmed. Chambers v. State, 568 S.W.2d 313. It is now contended that the psychiatric testimony used during the punishment phase of the trial was improperly obtained through an interview of appellant by Dr. Grigson without appellant having been advised of his Fifth Amendment privilege. Reliance is placed on Estelle v. Smith, 451 U.S. 454, 101 S. Ct. 1866, 68 L. Ed. 2d 359, which was decided after appellant's trial and appeal. In Smith the Court held: