No. 25-5712

In Re Blaine Milam

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2025-09-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: None
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. In a capital case, does " a truly persuasive demonstration of ' actual innocence' made
after trial . . . render the execution of a defendant unconstitutional," Herrera v. Collins ,
506 U.S. 390, 417 (1993), under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United
States Constitution?
2. Does the admission of material forensic opinion testimony that is later wholly
discredited render a criminal trial fundamentally unfair in violation of the Due Process
Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified.

Docket Entries

2025-09-25
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-25
Application (25A335) referred to the Court.
2025-09-25
Application (25A335) 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 habeas corpus is denied.
2025-09-24
Brief of State of Texas in opposition submitted.
2025-09-24
Reply of Blaine Milam submitted.
2025-09-24
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2025-09-24
Reply of petitioner Blaine Milam filed.
2025-09-23
Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2025-09-23
Application (25A335) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Blaine Milam
Jeremy Don SchepersOffice of the Federal Public Defender NDTX, Petitioner
State of Texas
Tomee Morgan HeiningOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent