No. 21-1601
Areli Carbajal Escobar v. Texas
Tags: capital-murder criminal-procedure death-penalty dna-evidence due-process false-evidence federal-court habeas-corpus state-court
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2023-01-06
(distributed 7 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in holding that the prosecution's reliance on admittedly false DNA evidence to secure petitioner's conviction and death sentence is consistent with the federal Due Process clause because there is no reasonable likelihood that the false DNA evidence could have affected the judgment of the jury?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in holding that the prosecution's reliance on admittedly false DNA evidence to secure petitioner's conviction and death sentence is consistent with the federal Due Process clause because there is no reasonable likelihood that the false DNA evidence could have affected the judgment of the jury?
Docket Entries
2023-02-10
Judgment and mandate issued.
2023-01-09
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of the confession of error by Texas in its brief filed on September 28, 2022.
2023-01-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
2022-11-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-11-09
Record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. The record is electronic and contains sealed materials.
2022-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/10/2022.
2022-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/4/2022.
2022-10-28
Record Requested.
2022-10-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
2022-10-11
Reply of petitioner Areli Carbajal Escobar filed. (Distributed)
2022-09-28
Brief of respondent Texas in support filed.
2022-08-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 28, 2022.
2022-08-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 29, 2022 to September 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-07-28
Brief amici curiae of Former State Attorneys General, United States Attorneys, and Prosecutors filed.
2022-07-28
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
2022-07-26
Brief amici curiae of The Innocence Network and The Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences, Inc. filed.
2022-07-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 29, 2022.
2022-07-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 28, 2022 to August 29, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 28, 2022)
2022-05-19
Application (21A602) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 24, 2022.
2022-05-13
Application (21A602) to extend further the time from May 26, 2022 to June 24, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.
2022-04-20
Application (21A602) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 26, 2022.
2022-04-13
Letter to the Clerk of Areli Escobar submitted.
2022-04-08
Application (21A602) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 26, 2022 to May 26, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
American Bar Association
Areli Carbajal Escobar
Daniel Hirotsu Woofter — Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Petitioner
Former State Attorneys General, United States Attorneys, and Prosecutors
Joseph Carl Cecere — Cecere, PC, Amicus
Texas
Holly Eileen Taylor — Travis County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
The Innocence Network and The Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences, Inc.
David Jacob Zimmer — Goodwin Procter LLP, Amicus