No. 22-6662
Wesley Ruiz v. Texas
Tags: constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process equal-protection juror-misconduct jury-selection racial-bias sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus EmploymentDiscrimina
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 Heining — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Wesley Ruiz
Shawn Nolan — Defender Association of Philadelphia, Petitioner