No. 24A753
Steven Lawayne Nelson v. Texas
Tags: adequate-independent-state-ground certiorari habeas-corpus lethal-injection post-conviction supreme-court-jurisdiction
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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 VerGow — O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Petitioner
Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGow — O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Petitioner
Texas
Stephen Matthew Hoffman — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Stephen Matthew Hoffman — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent