No. 19-8706
Lester Thomas Butcher v. Texas
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial texas trial-fairness
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Question 1.
WILL THIS SUPREME COURT PERMIT TEXAS PROSECUTORS ' CLAIMS
OF "MISTAKE AND INADVERTENCE ", MADE BY PROSECUTORS
BENEFITING FROM SUCH CLAIMS, IN AN EFFORT TO EXCUSE THE
DENIAL OF SUBSTANTIAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE
ACCUSED AS HARMLESS ERROR.
Question 2
WILL THIS SUPREME COURT PERMIT TEXAS PROSECUTORS TO
CLAIM "MISTAKE AND INADVERTENCE " UNDER ANY SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES DESIGNED TO EXCUSE THE WRONGFUL
ADMISSION OF INADMISSIBLE AND INHERENTLY PREJUJDICAIL
EVIDENCE WHEN THE FAIRNESS OF THE TRIAL AND THE
VALIDITY OF THE CONVICTION ARE IMPLICATED.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Will this Supreme Court permit Texas prosecutors' claims of 'mistake and inadvertence' to excuse the denial of substantial constitutional rights?
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-04
Supplemental brief of petitioner Lester T. Butcher filed. (Distributed)
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 15, 2020)
Attorneys
Lester T. Butcher
Lester Thomas Butcher — Petitioner