No. 24-7030
Moises Sandoval Mendoza v. Texas
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-defendant habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-law trial-counsel
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a criminal defendant has a right to effective habeas counsel to assert a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel where, by operation of state law, the defendant's first meaningful opportunity to assert such a claim is in state habeas?
Question Presented (from Petition)
(CAPITAL CASE) Whether a criminal defendant has a right to effective habeas counsel to assert a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel where, by operation of state law, the defendant’s first meaningful opportunity to assert such a claim is in state habeas?
Docket Entries
2025-04-23
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-23
Application (24A1005) referred to the Court.
2025-04-23
Application (24A1005) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-04-22
Reply of Moises Sandoval Mendoza submitted.
2025-04-22
Reply of petitioner Moises Sandoval Mendoza filed.
2025-04-21
Brief of Texas in opposition submitted.
2025-04-21
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2025-04-18
Application (24A1005) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.
2025-04-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
Attorneys
Moises Sandoval Mendoza
Jason Matthew Zarrow — O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Petitioner
Jason Matthew Zarrow — O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Petitioner
Texas
Ali Mustapha Nasser — Texas Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Ali Mustapha Nasser — Texas Office of the Attorney General, Respondent