No. 24-5736
James Ray Pendergraft v. Texas
IFP
Tags: constitutional-review criminal-appeals ineffective-assistance lesser-included-offense procedural-error trial-record
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference:
2024-12-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals improperly denied a lesser included offense instruction and found counsel not ineffective, and whether the court decided the case on an incomplete trial record
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ; , 1. Whether the Texas Court of Griminal Appeals decision conflicts with Smith v. Robbins, 120 S.te. tue 42000), Hopper v. Hvans, 102 S.Ct. 2049(1982) and Purns v. Mays, 143 $.Ct. 1077(2023) when it hell} that petitioner was not entitled to a lesser included offense instruction and that counsel was not : ineffective for raising the issue on direct appeal. 2. Whether the Texas Upurt of Criminal Appeals erred in deciding the case : on an incomplete trial court record.
Docket Entries
2024-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
2024-10-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2024)