No. 25-5773

Karina Yohera Flores v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2025-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-murder court-of-appeals due-process jury-punishment lesser-included-offenses procedural-default
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2025-12-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court of Appeals err by affirming the trial court's order denying a jury punishment hearing and ruling on lesser included offenses without notice or prior hearing?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Did the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas err by affirming the trial court's order that no jury punishment hearing would occur, which was issued without notice or prior hearing on the day jury voir dire and trial were to begin? 1 Did the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas err by affirming the trial court's ruling that there were no lesser included offenses of capital murder other than murder? 2 Did the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas err when it used procedural default to justify the trial court's refusal to allow any lesser included offenses to be inserted into the trial court's guilt/innocence charge to the jury? 3 iii II. A List of all proceedings in state trial and appellate courts In the 24th Judicial District Court of Jackson County, Texas, Cause No. 220911259, The State of Texas v. Karina Yohera Flores, Jury found Karina Yohera Flores guilty of capital murder, 11/10/2022. In the 24th Judicial District Court of Jackson County, Texas, Cause No. 220911259, The State of Texas v. Karina Yohera Flores, Judge denied Karina Yohera Flores a punishment hearing and sentenced her to a term of life without the possibility of parole, 11/10/2022.. In the 24th Judicial District Court of Jackson County, Texas, Cause No. 220911259, The State of Texas v. Karina Yohera Flores, Karina Yohera Flores filed a motion for new trial, 11/10/2022 In the 24th Judicial District Court of Jackson County, Texas, Cause No. 220911259, The State of Texas v. Karina Yohera Flores, The Court denied Karina Yohera Flores’ motion for new trial, 11/10/2022 In the 24th Judicial District Court of Jackson County, Texas, Cause No. 220911259, The State of Texas v. Karina Yohera Flores, Karina Yohera Flores, by her court appointed appellate attorney, David Disher, filed her notice of appeal, 12/19/2022 In the Court of Appeals Thirteenth Judicial District Corpus Christi, Texas, Case No. 132200596CR, Karina Yohera Flores v. The State of Texas, Memorandum Opinion issued, Affirmed, 12/05/2024 In the Court of Appeals Thirteenth Judicial District Corpus Christi, Texas, Case No. 132200596CR, Karina Yohera Flores v. The State of Texas, Motion for Rehearing filed, 2/20/2025 iv In the Court of Appeals Thirteenth Judicial District Corpus Christi, Texas, Case No. 132200596CR, Karina Yohera Flores v. The State of Texas, Motion for en banc reconsideration filed, 2/20/2025 In the Court of Appeals Thirteenth Judicial District Corpus Christi, Texas, Case No. 132200596CR, Karina Yohera Flores v. The State of Texas, Motion Rehearing denied, 3/11/2025 In the Court of Appeals Thirteenth Judicial District Corpus Christi, Texas, Case No. 132200596CR, Karina Yohera Flores v. The State of Texas, Motion for en banc reconsideration denied, 3/11/2025 Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, PD -018225, Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review filed, Deana Williamson, Clerk, Karina Yohera Flores, Appellant, Petitioner Herein vs. The State of Texas, Appellee, 3/26/2025 Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, PD -018225, Appellant’s petition for discretionary review refused, Karina Yohera Flores, Appellant, Petitioner Herein vs. The State of Texas, Appellee, 5/28/2025 Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, PD -018225, Appellant’s motion for rehearing filed, Karina Yohera Flores, Appellant, Petitioner Herein vs. The State of Texas, Appellee, 6/09/2025 Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, PD -018225, Motion for Rehearing denied, Karina Yohera Flores, Appellant, Petitioner Herein vs. The State of Texas, Appellee, 7/02/2025 v III.

Docket Entries

2025-12-08
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-09-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 31, 2025)

Attorneys

Karina Flores
David Alan DisherAttorney at Law, Petitioner
David Alan DisherAttorney at Law, Petitioner