No. 24A753

Steven Lawayne Nelson v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: N/A
Status: Denied
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: adequate-independent-state-ground certiorari habeas-corpus lethal-injection post-conviction supreme-court-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court can review a state post-conviction court's decision that lacks a clear and independent state law basis for dismissing a capital defendant's habeas petition

Docket Entries

2025-02-05
Application (24A753) referred to the Court.
2025-02-05
Application (24A753) 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.
2025-02-04
Response of Texas to application submitted.
2025-02-03
Application (24A753) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Steven Lawayne Nelson
Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGowO'Melveny & Myers LLP, Petitioner
Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGowO'Melveny & Myers LLP, Petitioner
Texas
Stephen Matthew HoffmanOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Stephen Matthew HoffmanOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent