No. 19-8706

Lester Thomas Butcher v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2020-06-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial texas trial-fairness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Will this Supreme Court permit Texas prosecutors' claims of 'mistake and inadvertence' to excuse the denial of substantial constitutional rights?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Question 1. WILL THIS SUPREME COURT PERMIT TEXAS PROSECUTORS’ CLAIMS OF “MISTAKE AND INADVERTENCE”, MADE BY PROSECUTORS BENEFITTING FROM SUCH CLAIMS, IN AN EFFORT TO EXCUSE THE DENIAL OF SUBSTANTIAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED AS HARMLESS ERROR. Question 2 WILL THIS SUPREME COURT PERMIT TEXAS PROSECUTORS TO CLAIM “MISTAKE AND INADVERTENCE” UNDER ANY SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES DESIGNED TO EXCUSE THE WRONGFUL ADMISSION OF INADMISSIBLE AND INHERENTLY PREJUJDICAI!L EVIDENCE WHEN THE FAIRNESS OF THE TRIAL AND THE VALIDITY OF THE CONVICTION ARE IMPLICATED. \

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-04
Supplemental brief of petitioner Lester T. Butcher filed. (Distributed)
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 15, 2020)

Attorneys

Lester T. Butcher
Lester Thomas Butcher — Petitioner