No. 20-8037

Quintin Phillippe Jones v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2021-05-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: atkins-v-virginia constitutional-law death-penalty due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus intellectual-disability retroactive-rule retroactivity
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment CriminalProcedure Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Moore v. Texas establish a new retroactive rule of constitutional law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does Moore v. Texas, 137 8.Ct. 1039 (2017) establish a new retroactive rule of constitutional law that Petitioner is eligible for but could not present in prior habeas proceedings? 2. Are a defendant’s due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment violated when a jury’s decision to impose the death penalty was based on expert testimony that has since been discredited?

Docket Entries

2021-05-19
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2021-05-19
Application (20A166) referred to the Court.
2021-05-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-19
Application (20A166) denied by the Court.
2021-05-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 16, 2021)
2021-05-17
Application (20A166) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Quintin Jones
Michael MowlaMichael Mowla, Petitioner
Michael MowlaMichael Mowla, Petitioner
The State of Texas
Cara Blossom Garcia HannaOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent
Cara Blossom Garcia HannaOffice of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent