No. 25A196

Gustavo Tijerina Sandoval v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2025-08-19
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: appellate-review capital-murder criminal-procedure due-process life-sentence texas-criminal-law
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state appellate court's affirmance of a criminal conviction and life sentence comports with due process when the underlying trial may have involved potential constitutional violations

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : APPLICATION FOR A 60-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPALS To the Honorable Samuel Alito, Associate Justice, and Circuit Justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: 1. This is a direct appeal proceeding from a criminal conviction. On March 6, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth District of Texas (“13th Court of Appeals”) affirmed Gustavo Tijerina Sandoval’s conviction of attempted capital murder and life sentence (attached as

Docket Entries

2025-09-20
Application (25A196) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 1, 2025.
2025-09-15
Application of Gustavo Tijerina Sandoval for a further extension of time submitted.
2025-09-15
Application (25A196) to extend further the time from October 2, 2025 to November 1, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
2025-08-19
Application (25A196) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 2, 2025.
2025-08-15
Application (25A196) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 2, 2025 to November 1, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Gustavo Tijerina Sandoval
Jennae Rose SwiergulaTexas Defender Service, Petitioner
Jennae Rose SwiergulaTexas Defender Service, Petitioner