Ex Parte James Richard "rick" Perry, Appellant

Summary

The Court held that a pre‑trial habeas petition may raise an as‑applied separation‑of‑powers claim when the prosecution itself infringes the official’s constitutional power, reversing the appellate court on Count I and sustaining the dismissal of the coercion statute on Count II as facially overbroad; dissenting judges argued the opposite and concurring judges clarified the cognizability analysis. Justice Meyers, dissenting, would have affirmed Count I and reversed Count II.