No. 18-6891

Joseph C. Garcia v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2018-11-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment capital-punishment civil-rights criminal-intent cruel-and-unusual-punishment culpability death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intent-to-kill mens-rea non-triggerman state-execution
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment now forbids a State from executing a person when there is no evidence that he killed or intended to kill another person

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Eighth Amendment now forbids a State from executing a person when there is no evidence that he killed or intended to kill another person. i

Docket Entries

2018-12-04
Application (18A571) referred to the Court.
2018-12-04
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-04
Application (18A571) denied by the Court.
2018-12-04
Reply of petitioner Joseph C. Garcia filed.
2018-12-03
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2018-11-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 31, 2018)
2018-11-30
Application (18A571) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Joseph Garcia
Dale A. BaichArizona Public Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, Petitioner
Dale A. BaichArizona Public Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, Petitioner
State of Texas
Jefferson David ClendeninOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent
Jefferson David ClendeninOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent