No. 18-7719

Cesar Gomez v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-02-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment-rights standing texas-penal-code
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Texas Penal Code ' 21.02, is Constitutional under the
Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment of the United States
Constitution?

Whether a State Jury Charge must accurately describe the
charge against the defendant, and make no comment on the
weight of the evidence?

Whether a defendant is entitled to effective assisatnce of
counsel when deciding whether to accept a plea agreement?

Whether defense counsel has a duty to object to inadmissible
evidence?

Whether defense counsel has a duty to fully investigate the
facts of the case prior to trial?

Whether counsel has a duty to object to circumstantial
evidence not related to the case, minus benefit of a nexus,
and completely legal to possess?

Whether defense counsel has a duty to object to inadmissible
-evidence and request curative instructions?

Whether the existence of biological evidence, in an area
frequented by petitioner, equates guilt?

Whether the State of Texas may use improper methods, i.e.
perjury, improper comments, personal beliefs, etc., to produce
a wrongful conviction?

Whether the State must reveal agreements with State witnesses
concerning immigration Status?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Texas Penal Code § 21.02, is Constitutional under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution?

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2018-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Cesar Gomez
Cesar Gomez — Petitioner