No. 20-6706

Roberto Degollado v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2020-12-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: and whether due process requires affirmative show 14th-amendment criminal-plea criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea intentional-conduct memory memory-defense murder plea-bargaining
Key Terms:
DueProcess Takings JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a defendant's open plea of guilty to murder valid when the plea colloquy reflects the defendant does not remember the conduct, or is it no longer required under the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause that the record show the plea was knowingly, intentionally, or voluntarily entered?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Is a defendant’s open plea of guilty to engaging in the knowing or intentional conduct required to prove a murder charge valid when the plea colloquy reflects that the defendant does not remember engaging in the conduct that resulted to the murder, or is it no longer required under the 14" Amendment Due Process Clause that the record affirmatively show that the Defendant’s guilty plea was knowingly, intentionally, or voluntarily entered? ii PARTIES TO PROCEEDING BELOW All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. ili

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2020-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 22, 2021)

Attorneys

Roberto Degollado
James Darrell Lucas — Petitioner
James Darrell Lucas — Petitioner