Jereme Lee Escobedo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
QUESTION ONE:
Does a criminal defendant charged with sex-crimes have the same
Constitutional rights as a defendant charged with non-sex-crimes?
QUESTION TWO:
Does a criminal defendant charged with a sex-crime have the
constitutional right to: 1) "effective assistance of counsel;" .
2) "to be tried by a jury free from potential bias from family re
lationships to the parties;" and 3) "to be the master of his own
defense including voir dire?"
QUESTION THREE:
Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals "side-step" the COA in
quiry by holding: "He has not made the necessary showing" that •
reasonable jurists would find the District Court's assessment of
the constitutional claims debatable or wrong?
Does a criminal defendant charged with sex-crimes have the same Constitutional rights as a defendant charged with non-sex-crimes?