Jereme Lee Escobedo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Does a criminal defendant charged with sex-crimes have the same Constitutional rights as a defendant charged with non-sex-crimes?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ; QUESTION ONE: : . : Does a criminal defendant charged with sex-crimes have the same Constitutional rights as a defendant charged with non-sex-crimes? QUESTION TWO: Does a criminal defendant charged with a sex-crime have the . constitutional right to: 1) "effective assistance of counsel;" *~ 2) "to be tried by a jury free from potential bias from family relationships to the parties; and 3) "to be the master of his own defense including voir dire?" ; QUESTION THREE: Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals "side-step" the COA inquiry by holding: "He has not made the necessary showing" that -— reasonable jurists would find the District Court's assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong?" Seg. SID