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Escobar v. Texas

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Pending petition
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-934 Tex. Crim. App. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Issues: (1) Whether due process of law requires reversal, where a capital conviction is so infected with errors that the state no longer seeks to defend it; and (2) whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals erred in holding there was no due process violation because there is “no reasonable likelihood” that the prosecution’s use of admittedly false, misleading, and unreliable DNA evidence to secure petitioner’s capital conviction could have affected any juror’s judgment.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Dec 15 2023Application (23A566) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 26, 2023 to January 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
Dec 20 2023Application (23A566) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 25, 2024.
Jan 15 2024Application (23A566) to extend further the time from January 25, 2024 to February 23, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
Jan 24 2024Application (23A566) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 23, 2024.
Feb 23 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 28, 2024)
Mar 15 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 28, 2024 to April 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 29, 2024.
Mar 27 2024Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.
Mar 28 2024Brief amici curiae of Former State Attorneys General, United States Attorneys, and Prosecutors filed.
Mar 28 2024Brief amici curiae of The Innocence Network and the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences, Inc. filed.
Apr 18 2024Brief amicus curiae of Correctional Institutions Division of The Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed.
Apr 19 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 29, 2024 to May 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 22 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 29, 2024.
May 10 2024Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
May 10 2024Brief of respondent Texas in support filed. (Distributed)
May 13 2024Reply of petitioner Areli Escobar filed. (Distributed)
May 14 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
Jun 03 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.