No. 20-1645

Don Wilburn Collins v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2021-05-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: capital-murder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto juvenile-jurisdiction juvenile-justice retroactive-application retroactive-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-06-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Texas appel late courts fail to realize that the retroactive expansion of juris diction over a previous ly exempt juvenile for capital murder violated his ex post facto rights under the United States Consti tution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Texas appellate courts fail to realize that the retroactive expansion of jurisdiction over a previously exempt juvenile for capital murder violated his ex post facto rights under the United States Constitution?

Docket Entries

2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-06-07
Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
2021-05-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Don Wilburn Collins
Jerald Donald CrowAttorney at Law, Petitioner
Texas
William J. Delmore IIIMontgomery County District Attorney's Office, Respondent