No. 22-5832

Robert Joseph Schmitt v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2022-10-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: concurrent-sentences criminal-sentencing cumulation due-process legislative-intent sentence-cumulation statutory-interpretation texas-law texas-legislature trial-court
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Was respondent denied due process of law when the trial court cumulated
respondent 's two twenty year sentences when the law in effect enacted by the
Texas Legislature states that offenses committed before September 1st, 1997 were
to run concurrently?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was respondent denied due process of law when the trial court cumulated respondent's two twenty year sentences when the law in effect enacted by the Texas Legislature states that offenses committed before September 1%, 1997 were to run concurrently?

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-10-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Robert Joseph Schmitt
Robert Joseph Schmitt — Petitioner