No. 19-5544

Overille Denton Thompson, Jr. v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-08-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-review barker-default constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process fundamental-right lower-courts presumption-against-waiver procedural-default speedy-trial texas-court-of-criminal-appeals
Key Terms:
ERISA
Latest Conference: 2019-10-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in refusing to grant Overtlle Denton Thompson's petition for discretionary review and thereby fail to adjudge every reasonable presumption against waiver of this fundamental right to a speedy trial?

2. Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in refusing to grant discretionary review in order that it could have fully considered whether review of the claim was warranted under the Barker Jantzen holding?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in refusing to grant Mr. Thompson's petition for discretionary review, and therefore, sanction the lower courts' failure to indulge every reasonable presumption against waiver of his fundamental right to a speedy trial?

Docket Entries

2019-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
2019-08-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2019)
2019-08-06
Application (19A146) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 12, 2019.
2019-07-16
Application (19A146) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 30, 2019 to August 12, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Overille Thompson
Overille Denton Thompson Jr. — Petitioner