Ex Parte Freda S. Mowbray A/k/a Susie Mowbray

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas granted the applicant's habeas petition, holding that the State's suppression of an exculpatory forensic report violated the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause and therefore set aside the murder conviction and ordered a new trial. The decision was contested by two dissenting opinions that argued the report was known to defense counsel, that the delay in asserting claims barred relief, and that no due‑process violation occurred.