No. 24A349

Robert Leslie Roberson III v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: N/A
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: actual-innocence capital-punishment changed-science due-process forensic-evidence shaken-baby-syndrome
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court's refusal to review new scientific evidence challenging a capital conviction based on now-discredited forensic theories violates a defendant's due process rights and actual innocence claims

Docket Entries

2024-10-17
Application (24A349) referred to the Court.
2024-10-17
Application (24A349) 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. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of the application for stay of execution and denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a349_8m58.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2024-10-15
Application (24A349) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Robert Roberson
Gretchen S. Sween — Petitioner
Texas
Craig William CosperTexas Attorney General's Office, Respondent