No. 21-5048
Wesley Lynn Ruiz v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment capital-sentencing certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-amendment expert-testimony expert-witness false-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should the prosecution be held responsible for presenting false expert testimony at a capital sentencing trial?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED CAPITAL CASE Under the Due Process clause, and the Eighth Amendment, should the prosecution be held responsible for the presentation of false expert testimony on an issue of importance at a capital sentencing trial that it knew, or should have known, was false, and did the Fifth Circuit err by finding that question was not debatable among reasonable jurists. i
Docket Entries
2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-20
Reply of petitioner Wesley Ruiz filed.
2021-09-08
Brief of respondent Bobby Lumpkin in opposition filed.
2021-08-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 8, 2021.
2021-08-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 9, 2021 to September 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-06-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)
Attorneys
Bobby Lumpkin
Tomee Morgan Heining — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Wesley Ruiz