extraordinary writs on Texas Appeals Journalhttps://texasappeals.org/topics/extraordinary-writs/Clinical descriptions of the Texas appellate decisions drawing the most press coverage.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 06 Oct 2025 07:00:00 -0500Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Convicting Court Lacked Jurisdiction Over Death-Row Inmate’s Constitutional Habeas Challenge to Execution Drugshttps://texasappeals.org/2025/10/ex-parte-speer-capital-habeas/Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2025/10/ex-parte-speer-capital-habeas/In a per curiam opinion, the court held that a Bowie County district court had no jurisdiction over a constitutional habeas application seeking to bar the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from using allegedly expired and fire-damaged pentobarbital in a scheduled execution, because such an injunction would function as a stay of execution that only the Court of Criminal Appeals may grant. The court did not reach the merits of the method-of-execution claims.