No. 19-6743

Kenneth Dewayne Nelson v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-11-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-selection plea-change right-to-jury right-to-trial sixth-amendment texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-constitution trial-by-jury venire-panel
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was Nelson entitled to a new venire panel after changing his pleas from guilty to not guilty?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ISSUE 1: THE VENIRE PANEL WAS INFORMED THAT NELSON HAD PLEAD GOLLTY To ALL Five CHARGES. WHEN NELSON CHANGE THOSE PLEAS BEFORE THE TRIAL bN ~ : THE MERITS 8EGAN To NOT GULLTY, Was HE ENTITLED To A NEW VENLRE PURSUANT To THE RIGHT To TRLAL. BY JURY FOUND IN ARTICLE 1, SECTION 15 of THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION AND TEXAS CoDE OF CALMLNAL. PROCEDURE ARTICLE 1.42 ? ISSUE 2: THE VEWLRE PAWEL WAS LNFORMED THAT NELSON Had PLEAD GULLTY To ALL FIVE CHARGES. WHEU NELSON CHANGE THOSE PLEAS BEFORE THE TATAL ON . THE MERLTS REGAN To NoT GUILTY, WAS HE ENTLTLED To A NEW VENIRE , PANEL PURSUANT To THE RIGHT Yo TRIAL AY JURY FOUND IN THE SDCTH AMENDMENT To THE UNITED STATES CoNSTLTUTION ? i

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2019)

Attorneys

Kenneth D. Nelson
Kenneth D. Nelson — Petitioner
Kenneth D. Nelson — Petitioner