No. 22-6662

Wesley Ruiz v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2023-01-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process equal-protection juror-misconduct jury-selection racial-bias sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does Peria-Rodriguez apply to Petitioner's evidence that at least one juror relied on anti-Hispanic racial stereotypes and animus to find that he was a future danger and sentence him to death?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Peria-Rodriguez apply to Petitioner's evidence that at least one juror relied on anti-Hispanic racial stereotypes and animus to find that he was a future danger and sentence him to death?

Docket Entries

2023-02-01
Reply of petitioner Wesley Ruiz filed.
2023-02-01
Application (22A683) referred to the Court.
2023-02-01
Application (22A683) denied by the Court.
2023-02-01
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 2, 2023)
2023-01-31
Application (22A683) for stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.
2023-01-31
Brief of respondent State of Texas in opposition filed.
2023-01-31
Response to application for stay filed.

Attorneys

State of Texas
Tomee Morgan HeiningOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Wesley Ruiz
Shawn NolanDefender Association of Philadelphia, Petitioner