No. 25A429

Tilon Lashon Carter v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2025-10-15
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: constitutional-rights death-row exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance postconviction-relief texas-criminal-procedure
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals violated a death-row inmate's constitutional rights by denying postconviction relief without adequate consideration of potentially exculpatory evidence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : To the Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Tilon Lashon Carter, an indigent Texas death-row inmate, respectfully applies, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 13.5, for a 45-day extension of time, to and including December 12, 20285, to file his petition for writ of certiorari to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. In support of his application, Mr. Carter states as follows: 1. Mr. Carter intends to file a petition for writ of certiorari challenging the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ judgment denying his application for postconviction relief, which was entered on July 30, 2025. Ex parte Tilon Lashon Carter, -S.W.3d --, 2025 WL 2161258 (Tex. Crim. App. July 30, 2025). See

Docket Entries

2025-11-12
Application (25A429) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 27, 2025.
2025-11-07
Application of Tilon Lashon Carter for a further extension of time submitted.
2025-11-07
Application (25A429) to extend further the time from November 27, 2025 to December 27, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
2025-10-16
Application (25A429) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 27, 2025.
2025-10-09
Application (25A429) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 28, 2025 to December 12, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Tilon Lashon Carter
Raoul D. SchonemannUniversity of Texas School of Law, Petitioner