No. 23-6077

Royal Douglas Robinson v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2023-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 9th-amendment constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-evidence forensic-misconduct medical-examiner scientific-evidence
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a conviction based on unreliable scientific evidence violate due-process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1F THE STATE CONCEDED THAT ITS MEDICAL EXAMINER FALSIFLED EVIDENCE IN THE AUTOPSY PROCEDURE OF SEVERAL CASES ;, THEN ROBINSON DISCOVERED THAT SAME EXAMINER PROVIDED FALSE EVIDENCE IN HIS CASE, DOES HIS CONVICTION THAT 1S BASED UPON THIS UNRELIABLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE VIOLATE THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE INTH AMENDMENT an THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS SAIP THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS NOT _ | DECIDED THIS QUESTION YET (See EX PARTE HENDERSON, 384 S.W. 3d ot 844-845) . i

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
2023-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 21, 2023)

Attorneys

Royal Robinson
Royal Douglas Robinson — Petitioner
Texas
Jaclyn O'Connor LambertDallas County District Attorney's Office, Respondent