No. 21-6489

Edward F. Swanson v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2021-12-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment judicial-discretion jury-trial preponderance-standard sentencing statutory-scheme
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the trial judge have the authority to make the charge a first degree felony?

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-11-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2022)

Attorneys

Edward F. Swanson
Edward Fitzgerald Swanson — Petitioner