No. 24A349
Robert Leslie Roberson III v. Texas
Tags: actual-innocence capital-punishment changed-science due-process forensic-evidence shaken-baby-syndrome
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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 Cosper — Texas Attorney General's Office, Respondent