No. 19-7687

Miguel Palacios Plata v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-procedure discovery dna-evidence due-process evidence habeas-corpus innocence newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2020-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Favorcdle Eurdence KnocnAt The Time Of Trral
But Excluded And Jury Rrevented FromSeeingOr
Hearing, Can This Evidence Now Be Conesrderede
As Newly Drscovered Eurdence For Purpose of
Actual INNoceNce ClaiN.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the excluded evidence and jury prevented from seeing or considering this evidence should be considered newly discovered evidence for purposes of proving innocence

Docket Entries

2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-02-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 19, 2020)

Attorneys

Miguel P. Plata
Miguel Palacios Plata — Petitioner