No. 18-255

George Briscoe v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2018-08-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process fair-trial indictment indictment-amendment indictment-modification jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-procedure vagueness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2018-10-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a defendant receive a fair trial when the plain language of a statute is ignored to allow the government to change the indictment after a jury has been selected?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Can a defendant receive a fair trial when the plain language of a statute is ignored to allow the government to change the indictment after a jury has been selected?

Docket Entries

2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 27, 2018)

Attorneys

George Briscoe
Mark T. LassiterBarret Bright Lassiter Linder, Petitioner