No. 25-5278

Reynaldo Alberto Peña v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2025-08-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process fourteenth-amendment polygraph-evidence sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether admission of inculpatory statements from a polygraph examination without context violates a defendant's constitutional rights to a fair trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

If a Trial Court admitted into evidence inculpatory statements made by a defendant during the post -interview portion of a polygraph examination, but exclude d all evidence relating to the circumstances surrounding the defendant’s inculpatory statements , wouldn’t that deprive a defendant of his fundamental Constitutional right to a fair opportunity to present a defense , both under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and under the Compulsory Process and Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment ? Reynaldo Alberto Peña Petition for Writ of Certiorari iii

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-13
Waiver of right of respondent The State of Texas to respond filed.
2025-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2025)

Attorneys

Reynaldo Peña
Abner Burnett — Petitioner
Abner Burnett — Petitioner
The State of Texas
Roxanna R. RamirezJudicial District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Roxanna R. RamirezJudicial District Attorney's Office, Respondent