No. 18-9505

Antonio Parra Perez v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-05-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: character-evidence criminal-procedure due-process prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence sex-crimes unconstitutional-as-applied unfair-prejudice
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 38.37 §2 unconstitutional?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Is Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 38.37 §2, which permits evidence of prior bad acts to prove the character and propensity of a defendant accused of a sex crime, unconstitutional on its face because it does not contain a provision excluding remote allegations or requiring a trial court to exclude evidence whose probative value is outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice? 2. Was Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 38.37 §2 unconstitutional as applied to Perez as the evidence admitted against him could not support a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed the extraneous offenses as required by the statute? Petition for Writ of Certiorari ii

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-17
Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
2019-05-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Antonio Para Perez
Melvin Khalil Horany IIWichita County Office of Public Defender, Petitioner
Melvin Khalil Horany IIWichita County Office of Public Defender, Petitioner
Texas
Jonathan Bryce PerryWichita County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Jonathan Bryce PerryWichita County District Attorney's Office, Respondent