No. 18-255
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
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. Lassiter — Barret Bright Lassiter Linder, Petitioner