No. 20-6268

Bryan Keith Roberts v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2020-11-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-trial criminal-trial-prejudice due-process jury-charge law-enforcement law-enforcement-presence prejudice right-to-fair-trial spectators statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the presence of a large number of uniformed, undercover, and armed spectators identifiable as law enforcement on the final day of the guilt-innocence phase of a criminal trial inherently prejudicial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Is the presence of a large number of uniformed, undercover, and armed spectators identifiable as law enforcement on the final day of the guilt-innocence phase of a criminal trial inherently prejudicial? 2. Can a defendant be found guilty of continuous sexual abuse when the time period-of alleged abuse contained within the indictment and application paragraph of the jury charge begins five months before the effective date of the continuous statute? ROBERTS V. TEXAS : : i

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-09
Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
2020-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Bryan Keith Keith
Bryan Keith Roberts — Petitioner
Texas
Hough-Lewis Dunn — Respondent