No. 21-5299
IFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause factfinder-discretion fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-verdict penal-code statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does Texas Penal Code §21.02 discriminate who is and is not protected under the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing factfinders to not unanimously decide on all elements to commit an offense under the said statute, but must agree on all elements to convict another of any other offense in Texas?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Does Texas Penal Code §21.02 desciminate who is and sto is not protected under the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing factfinders to not unanimously decide on : all elements to commit an offense under the said statute.but must agree on all elements to convict another of any other offense in Texas? = —
Docket Entries
2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 3, 2021)
Attorneys
John Johnson
John Johnson — Petitioner