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
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
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?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 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? 2

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