In Paredes v. Thaler, No. 07-70009, a capital habeas matter, the court affirmed the denial of petitioner’s habeas petition, holding that 1) the Texas courts did not unreasonably apply clearly established federal law as determined by the U.S. Supreme Court because whether the jury charge at issue went beyond the limits of how a state may define a single offense of multiple murder was not clearly established; and 2) petitioner could not establish prejudice from the disjunctive jury charge because the jury was also permitted to conclude that he was criminally responsible for the murders under Texas’s law of parties even if he did not personally shoot any of the victims.

Related Resources

  • Full Text of Paredes v. Thaler, No. 07-70009
  • Full Text of DPC Indus., Inc. v. Am. Int’l Specialty Lines Ins. Co., No. 09-20634

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