No. 23-934

Areli Escobar v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2024-02-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (4)Relisted (4) Experienced Counsel
Tags: capital-murder capital-punishment criminal-conviction dna-evidence due-process false-evidence habeas-corpus jury-verdict misleading-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct unreliable-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-03-21 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether due process requires reversal of a capital conviction infected with errors the State no longer defends

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether due process of law requires reversal, where a capital conviction is so infected with errors that the State no longer seeks to defend it. 2. Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals erred in holding there was no due process violation because there is “no reasonable likelihood” that the prosecution’s use of admittedly false, misleading, and unreliable DNA evidence to secure Petitioner’s capital conviction could have affected any juror’s judgment.

Docket Entries

2025-03-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
2025-03-04
Electronic record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
2025-03-03
Record Requested.
2025-03-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-28
Letter from counsel for respondent Texas filed.
2025-02-28
Supplemental Brief of Texas submitted.
2025-02-27
2025-02-27
Supplemental brief of petitioner Areli Escobar filed.
2025-02-27
Supplemental Brief of Areli Escobar submitted.
2024-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
2024-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
2024-05-13
2024-05-10
2024-05-10
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2024-04-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 29, 2024.
2024-04-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 29, 2024 to May 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-04-18
Brief amicus curiae of Correctional Institutions Division of The Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed.
2024-03-28
Brief amici curiae of The Innocence Network and the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences, Inc. filed.
2024-03-28
Brief amici curiae of Former State Attorneys General, United States Attorneys, and Prosecutors filed.
2024-03-27
2024-03-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 29, 2024.
2024-03-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 28, 2024 to April 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-02-23
2024-01-24
Application (23A566) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 23, 2024.
2024-01-15
Application (23A566) to extend further the time from January 25, 2024 to February 23, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
2023-12-20
Application (23A566) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 25, 2024.
2023-12-15
Application (23A566) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 26, 2023 to January 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Areli Escobar
Daniel Hirotsu WoofterGoldstein, Russell & Woofter LLC, Petitioner
Daniel Hirotsu WoofterGoldstein, Russell & Woofter LLC, Petitioner
Correctional Institutions Division of The Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Aaron Lloyd NielsonOffice of the Texas Attorney General, Amicus
Aaron Lloyd NielsonOffice of the Texas Attorney General, Amicus
Former State Attorneys General, United States Attorneys, and Prosecutors
Joseph Carl CecereCecere, PC, Amicus
Joseph Carl CecereCecere, PC, Amicus
Texas
Holly Eileen TaylorTravis County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Holly Eileen TaylorTravis County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Colin Johnson BellairTravis County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Colin Johnson BellairTravis County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
The American Bar Association
Mary L. Smith — Amicus
Mary L. Smith — Amicus
The Innocence Network and the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences, Inc.
David Jacob ZimmerGoodwin Procter LLP, Amicus
David Jacob ZimmerGoodwin Procter LLP, Amicus