No. 22-1203

Alan Patrick Fowler v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: confrontation-clause confrontation-right constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mens-rea mental-health sentencing specific-intent
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether there is insufficient evidence of specific intent to commit murder

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED | 1) Could reasonable jurists disagree on whether there is insufficient evidence of specific intent to commit murder where Fowler never shot at a person, never tried to shoot at a person, never aimed the gun at a person, and never pointed the gun at a person; and the victim was not in Texas | at the time? 2) Could reasonable jurists disagree on whether Fowler received ineffective assistance of counsel where counsel did not investigate Fowler’s mental and medical history by failing to talk to his doctors ‘ and request Fowler’s medical records showing a suicide attempt just six months prior to his arrest? 3) Could reasonable jurists disagree on whether Fowler was denied his Constitutional right to confront witnesses where Fowler was portrayed as a life-long threat by non-testifying witnesses during sentencing resulting in the maximum ; sentence—20 years? . 1

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-07

Attorneys

Alan Patrick Fowler
Alan Patrick Fowler — Petitioner
Alan Patrick Fowler — Petitioner