No. 20-5124

Allen Fitzgerald Calton v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2020-07-21
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-review brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion materiality petition-review
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals abused its discretion and erred in denying Petitioner's State Application For Writ Of Habeas Corpus on the merits without the appellate court first considering the findings of the trial court

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2020-10-05
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2020-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Allen Fitzgerald Calton
Allen F. Calton — Petitioner
Allen F. Calton — Petitioner