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Compton v. Texas

Petition for certiorari denied on April 15, 2024

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-5682 Tex. Crim. App. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issue: (1) Whether a court"s comparison of generalizations about all the female prospective jurors who were struck by the prosecution with generalizations about the male jurors not struck by the prosecution, rather than a side-by-side analysis of individual jurors, disregards the basic equal protection principle that one discriminatory strike is too many; and (2) whether Texas exercised its peremptory strikes in a prohibited discriminatory fashion.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/16/2023Application (23A153) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 29, 2023 to September 28, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
08/18/2023Application (23A153) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 28, 2023.
09/28/2023Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 1, 2023)
10/19/2023Waiver of Texas of right to respond filed October 13, 2023 removed from the docket as improperly filed. See Rule 15.1.
10/19/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 1, 2023 to December 1, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
10/20/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 1, 2023.
11/28/2023Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
12/14/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
01/08/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
01/08/2024Record Requested.
01/11/2024Electronic records received from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
01/16/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
02/09/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
02/20/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
02/26/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
03/11/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
03/18/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
03/25/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
04/08/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
04/15/2024Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Jackson joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)