No. 22-5521

Jesus Jesse Gonzalez v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2022-09-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-commitment criminal-law dangerousness due-process intentional-offense mens-rea mental-capacity mental-health sexual-predator texas-law
Key Terms:
Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-10-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a person be unable to control his dangerousness, thus rendering him eligible for civil commitment as a sexual predator, but simultaneously be able to intentionally commit a sex offense?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Can a person be unable to control his dangerousness, thus rendering him eligible for civil commitment as a sexual predator, but simultaneously be able to intentionally commit a sex offense? -2

Docket Entries

2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent State of Texas to respond filed.
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2022-09-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 11, 2022)
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Attorneys

Jesus Gonzalez
John Charles Bennett — Petitioner
State of Texas
Melinda Fletcher — Special Prosecution Unit, Respondent