No. 18-7373

Warren Ray Patton v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-01-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: actual-innocence counsel-appointment dna-testing due-process habeas-corpus liberty-interest postconviction-proceedings postconviction-relief
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the State's substantive procedures for obtaining appointment of counsel and DNA testing in postconviction proceedings create a protected due process liberty interest in obtaining DNA evidence establishing actual innocence for use in habeas corpus proceedings

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether the State's substantive procedures for obtaining appointment of counsel and DNA testing in postconviction proceedings ‘create a protected due process’ liberty interest in obtaining DNA evidence establishing actual innocence for use in habeas corpus proceedings.

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-01-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Warren R. Patton
Warren R. Patton Jr. — Petitioner
Warren R. Patton Jr. — Petitioner