Dissenting Opinion
Justice Thomas dissented from all three of the Court's legal conclusions — that Panetti's Ford claim was not second or successive, that the Texas courts did not afford Panetti the procedural protections required by Ford, and that the Fifth Circuit did not apply the correct substantive standard under Ford.
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