No. 23-7479

Ronald Lee Howard v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2024-05-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-rights discretionary-review douglas due-process evitts fourteenth-amendment griffin state-court texas-court-of-criminal-appeals
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Is procedural due process violated regarding the constitutional requirement of a meaningful or effective appeal of right under Evitts, Griffin and Douglas, where the reviewing court does not address and rule on its merits each dispositive issue raised?

2. Does a State's failure to follow its own appellate rules, as under Issue 1, entail a due process violation cognizable on direct appeal where the federal ruling sought will not necessarily imply the invalidity of a conviction, sentence, or length or conditions of confinement?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is procedural due process violated regarding the constitutional requirement of a meaningful or effective appeal of right under Evitts, Griffin and Douglas, where the reviewing court does not address and rule on its merits each dispositive issue raised?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 13, 2024)

Attorneys

Ronald Lee Howard
John Charles BennettPanhandle Area Public Defender, Petitioner