No. 18-6848

Robert Mitchell Jennings v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2018-11-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: death-penalty equal-protection habeas-corpus penry procedural-default subsequent-habeas
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals deny Jennings equal protection of the law by dismissing on procedural grounds subsequent habeas corpus applications raising a Penry claim where it has granted relief to other subsequent habeas applicants on fundamentally indistinguishable claims in death penalty cases?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals deny Jennings equal protection of the law by dismissing on procedural grounds subsequent habeas corpus applications raising a Penry claim where it has granted relief to other subsequent habeas applicants on fundamentally indistinguishable claims in death penalty cases? 2. Did the unconstitutional nullification instruction prevent the jury from fully considering and giving effect to mitigating evidence of Jennings’ substance abuse and remorse?

Docket Entries

2019-01-30
Application (18A540) referred to the Court.
2019-01-30
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-30
Application (18A540) denied by the Court.
2018-12-21
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2018-11-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 27, 2018)
2018-11-20
Application (18A540) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Robert Mitchell Jennings
Randolph L. Schaffer Jr. — Petitioner
Randolph L. Schaffer Jr. — Petitioner
Texas
Ellen Stewart-KleinOAG, Respondent
Ellen Stewart-KleinOAG, Respondent