texas-criminal-law

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A196 Gustavo Tijerina Sandoval v. Texas Texas 2025-08-19 Presumed Complete appellate-review capital-murder criminal-procedure due-process life-sentence texas-criminal-law Question not identified.
24A495 Jordan Shaun Rodgers v. Texas Texas 2024-11-19 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure diplomatic-intervention foreign-national ineffective-counsel post-conviction-relief texas-criminal-law Question not identified.
23-6113 Michael Eugene Lewis v. Texas Texas 2023-11-28 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-new-trial right-to-counsel texas-criminal-law Whether the Petitioner was afforded effective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal, and whether the scheme in Texas on a Motion for New Trial …
22-6999 Allen Maki v. Texas Texas 2023-03-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-rules judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction motion-in-limine second-amendment statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law Whether there is a conflict between Tex Criminal Code Art. 44.17 And Tex Gov. Code Sec. 30.00015 (a).(1) (2) Whether it fair to regard Maki 's gentle…
20-5643 Louis Gene Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act assault burglary civil-rights due-process leocal physical-force predicate-conviction reckless-causation texas-assault-crimes texas-criminal-law 1. A state crime is a "violent felony" (and therefore a predicate prior conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act) if it "has as an element the u…
19-6800 Rodney Dewayne Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied IFP almendarez-torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states armed-career-criminal-act jury-determination maximum-punishment prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement standing texas-criminal-law violent-felony 1. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery is a "violent felony " under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. §924(e)? Subsidiary question:…
19-6489 Clifford Gene Wallace v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines texas-criminal-law texas-law threat ussg-4b1.2 1. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2? 2. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated r…
19-5788 James Nunley, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law ussg-4b1.2 violent-crime Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2?