No. 23-6077

Royal Douglas Robinson v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2023-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 9th-amendment constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-evidence forensic-misconduct medical-examiner scientific-evidence
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

If the state conceded that its medical examiner falsified evidence in the autopsy procedure of several cases, then Robinson discovered that the same examiner provided false evidence in his case, does his conviction that is based upon this unreliable scientific evidence violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a conviction based on unreliable scientific evidence violate due-process

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
2023-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 21, 2023)

Attorneys

Royal Robinson
Royal Douglas Robinson — Petitioner
Texas
Jaclyn O'Connor LambertDallas County District Attorney's Office, Respondent