Question Presented (from Petition)
Where a State conditions a death sentence on a jury's unanimous finding beyond a reasonable doubt that "there is a probability that the defendant would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society,"
(1) Does the recantation by the State's expert witness of his trial testimony as to the defendant's "future dangerousness" give rise to a cognizable constitutional claim under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments that the defendant's death sentence is insufficiently reliable to be allowed to stand?
(2) If such a recantation raises either a cognizable Eighth or Fourteenth Amendment claim, does a state court err in refusing to entertain them based on its own misunderstanding of the claim being advanced?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state court errs in refusing to entertain a cognizable Eighth or Fourteenth Amendment claim based on a state expert's recantation of trial testimony on the issue of the defendant's future dangerousness
2024-02-15
Response to motion to defer consideration from respondent filed.
2024-02-06
Motion to defer consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner Ramiro Gonzales.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-26
Reply of petitioner Ramiro Felix Gonzales filed.
2024-01-16
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2023-12-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 16, 2024.
2023-12-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 15, 2023 to January 16, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-11-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 15, 2023.
2023-11-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 16, 2023 to December 15, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2023)
2023-08-30
Application (23A194) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 12, 2023.
2023-08-22
Application (23A194) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 12, 2023 to November 11, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.