IN RE DOW

No. 15-0205.

481 S.W.3d 215 (2015)

IN RE David DOW, Relator-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: June 26, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casie Gotro , Law Office of Casie Gotro, The Lyric Center, 440 Louisiana, Suite 800, Houston TX, Nicole Wignall DeBorde , DeBorde Law Firm, 712 Main Street, Suite 2400, Houston TX, for Relator David Dow.

Sian Schilhab , General Counsel, Court of Criminal Appeals, P.O. Box 12308, Austin TX, for Respondent The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

Joseph Ahmad , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 5100, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Paul N. Gold , Aversano & Gold, 3310 Katy Fwy, Suite 110, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

David H. Berg , Joel Marc Androphy , Berg & Androphy, 3704 Travis Street, Houston TX, Olan J. Boudreaux , The Boudreaux Law Firm, P.C., 3411 Richmond Avenue, Suite 400, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Berg & Androphy.

Olan J. Boudreaux , The Boudreaux Law Firm, P.C., 3411 Richmond Avenue, Suite 400, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Susannah "Susan" Briones , Calvert & Associates, 2180 North Loop West, Suite 315, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

T. Marc Calvert , Calvert & Associates, 2180 North Loop West, Suite 315, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Laverne Carol Chang , Noah Meek , Suzan K. Cardwell , Cardwell & Chang, PLLC, 511 Lovett Blvd., Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Cardwell & Chang PLLC.

Alistair B. Dawson , Beck Redden & Secrest, 1221 McKinney, Suite 4500, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Kevin Dale Didway , Tekell Book Allen & Morris LLP, 1221 McKinney, Suite 4300, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Steven Michael Duble , 2803 Greenbriar St, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

A. Craig Eiland, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Thomas M. Farrell , Law Offices of A. Craig Eiland, P.C., Old Galveston Square, 2211 The Strand, Suite 201, Galveston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Jan Woodward Fox , Jan Woodward Fox, PLC, 440 Louisiana, Suite 900, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Larry Funderburk , Funderburk & Funderburk, L.L.P., 2777 Allen Parkway, Suite 1080, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

S. Tanner Garth , The Garth Law Firm, 1722 Heights Boulevard, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Barbara L. Hachenburg , Three Allen Center, 333 Clay Street, Suite 4950, Houston TX, Charles W. Goehringer Jr. , Paula Heirtzler Blazek , 550 Fannin, Suite 700, Beaumont TX, David Lawrence Merkley , J. Stephen Dillawn , 333 Clay Street, Suite 4950, Houston TX, J. Mitchell Smith , P.O. Box 4915, Beaumont TX, Mark T. Beaman , Missy K. Atwood , Germer Gertz , L.L.P., 301 Congress Avenue, Suite 1700, Austin TX, Robin Nicole Blanchette , Troy Allen Williams , Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, 1233 West Loop, Suite 1000, Houston TX, Roy A. Spezia , Clark Thomas & Winters, P.O. Box 1148, Austin TX, for Amicus Curiae Germer PLLC.

George R. Gibson , Nathan Sommers Jacobs , P.C., 2800 Post Oak Blvd., 61st Floor, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Stacy R. Obenhaus , Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, 1601 Elm Street, Dallas TX, for Amicus Curiae Anthony Graves.

Hartley Hampton , Hampton & King, 3 Riverway Ste 910, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Alex Barlow , Anna Greenberg , Denman H. Heard , Ian P. Cloud , Jason E. Dunahoe , Leslie Lamacchia , Sean Teare , Heard Robins Cloud LLP, Houston TX, Hector Longoria , Hector Longoria PC, 2000 West Loop South, Suite 2200, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Heard Robbins Cloud LLP.

Charles L. Henke Jr. , Henke Law Firm LLP, 3200 Southwest Freeway, 34th Floor, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Gregory Arthur Holloway , Tekell Book Allen & Morris LLP, 1221 McKinney, Suite 4300, One Houston Center, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Matthew B.E. Hughes , Boston & Hughes, P.C., 8584 Katy Freeway, Suite 310, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Lee L. Kaplan , Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P., 700 Louisiana, Suite 2300, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Dana Andrew LeJune , 6525 Washington Ave, Suite 300, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Scott A. Love , Clark, Love & Hutson, 440 Louisiana Street, Suite 1600, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Robert C. Mace , Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., 1301 McKinney, Suite 5100, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Thomas R. McDade , Beck Redden & Secrest, LLP, 1221 McKinney, Ste. 4500, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Ebb B. Mobley , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 2309, Longview TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Mike Morris , Tekell Book Allen & Morris LLP, 1221 McKinney, Suite 4300, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Marvin David Nathan , Nathan Sommers Jacobs , 2800 Post Oak Blvd., 61st Floor, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Cynthia Orr , Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley, Tower Life Bldg., San Antonio TX, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Layne E. Kruse , Linda L. Addison , Richard Samson Krumholz , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, 1301 McKinney, Suite 5100, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP.

Donald Hamilton Kidd , Jim M. Perdue Jr. , Jim M. Perdue Sr. , Perdue & Kidd, LLP, 510 Bering Drive, Suite 550, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Perdue & Kidd, LLP.

John Wesley Raley III , Raley & Bowick, LLP, 1800 Augusta Dr Ste 300, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Roger Rider , The Rider Law Firm, Comerica Bank Building, One Sugar Creek Center Blvd., Suite 980, Sugar Land TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Paul Simon , Simon Herbert & McClelland LLP, 3411 Richmond Avenue, Suite 400, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Craig Smyser , Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P., 700 Louisiana, Suite 2300, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Kathryn V. Smyser , Kathryn Smyser PLLC, 1900 W. Loop S. Fwy., Suite 850, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Samuel E. Stubbs , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 2 Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 2000, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Max L. Tribble Jr. , Neal S. Manne , Stephen D. Susman , Susman Godfrey, 1000 Louisiana St Ste, 5100, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Susman Godfrey, LLP.

Allen David Russell , Beth McCahill Taylor , Todd C. Collins , Warren Taylor , Taylor, Taylor & Russell, 815 Walker Street, Suite 250, Houston TX, Stephen Theodore Liss , The Law Office of Stephen Liss PC, 815 Walker Street, Suite 250, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Taylor, Taylor & Russell.

R. Emmett Harris , President of Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Assoc., 625 Cenizo Blvd., Uvalde TX, Stanley G. Schneider , Schneider & McKinney, P.C., 440 Louisiana, Suite 800, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Asim Bhansali , Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, 1233 West Loop, Suite 1000, Houston TX, Bryce E. Benjet , Hull Henricks LLP, 221 West Sixth Street, Suite 960, Austin TX, for Amicus Curiae The Innocence Network.

Eliot P. Tucker , Tucker, Vaughan, Gardner & Barnes, P.C., 712 Main Street, Suite 1600, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Larry R. Veselka , Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P., 700 Louisiana, Suite 2300, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Patrick W. Mizell , Vinson & Elkins LLP, 1001 Fannin, Suite 2500, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Vinson & Elkins LLP.

Justin McKenzie Waggoner , Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P., 700 Louisiana, Suite 2300, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Ronald B. Walker , Walker Keeling & Carroll, P.O. Box 108, Victoria TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.

Avery Sheppard , Don Jackson , Eileen F. O'Neill , John E. Nelson III , Margaret Ewing Bryant , Michelle Meriam , Paul W. Smith , Sagar Patel , Scott A. Hooper , Thomas DeBauche , Timothy F. Lee , Timothy Russell Lankau , Ware, Jackson, Lee, & Chambers, LLP, 2929 Allen Pkwy 39th Floor, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Ware Jackson Lee Chambers LLP.

Andrew M. Caplan , Cory D. Halliburton , Darla Catherine Carlisle , Dov Rosen , Jeremy Roberts , Jerrad Douglas Bloome , Jonathan David Saikin , Mark Jeffrey Levine , Misty Gasiorowski , Murphy S. Klasing , Paul Daniel Strug , Roslyn Yvette Bazzelle , Tanya N. Garrison , Weycer Caplan Pulaski & Zuber, P.C., 1400 Summit Tower, Eleven Greenway Plaza, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zuber, PC.

Amy Brenda Archambault , Christina Soileau , Cindy Lynn Rusnak , Jesus Chapa , Jimmy Williamson , Michael W. Kerensky , Ross A. Sears II , William Dills , Williamson, Sears & Rusnak, LLP, 4310 Yoakum Blvd., Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Williamson, Sears & Rusnak, LLP.

James H. Powers , John R. Shepperd , Marjorie Leigh Cohen , Sean Higgins , Sharla J. Frost , Shawn David Golden , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edleman & Dicker LLP, 909 Fannin, Ste 3300, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Wilson Elser, LLP.

R. Paul Yetter , Yetter Coleman LLP, Two Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 3600, Houston TX, Pro Se, for Amicus Curiae.


Court of Criminal Appeals Miscellaneous Rule 11-003 provides that "[a] motion for stay of execution . . . must be filed ... at least seven days before the date of the scheduled execution date (exclusive of the scheduled execution date)."1 The Court of Criminal Appeals held David Dow, an experienced post-trial capital...

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