No. 21-7388

Amos Joseph Wells, III v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2022-03-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-violation death-penalty due-process fact-finding ineffective-assistance post-conviction post-conviction-relief racial-animus sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a state provides a mandatory procedure for fact-finding in post-conviction death penalty cases where a constitutional violation is pleaded, does the state court's refusal to engage in the state's mandatory fact-finding procedures deny the applicant due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a state provides a mandatory procedure for fact-finding in post-conviction death penalty cases where a constitutional violation is pleaded, does the state court's refusal to engage in the state's mandatory fact-finding procedures deny the applicant due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-25
Reply of petitioner Amos Wells filed. (Distributed)
2022-04-11
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2022-03-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 15, 2022)

Attorneys

Amos Wells
Ashley Rae SteeleTexas Office of Capital and Forensic Writs, Petitioner
State of Texas
Victoria Ann Ford OblonTarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office, Respondent