No. 23A1146

Ramiro F. Gonzales v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2024-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: capital-murder death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment future-dangerousness jury-determination
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

When a state conditions a capital defendant's eligibility to be sentenced to death on a jury's determination of "future dangerousness," can the state refuse to recognize challenges to the accuracy of the jury's determination as cognizable grounds for post-conviction review?

Does it violate the protections of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution to execute an individual who does not meet the eligibility criteria for a sentence of death under state law?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit executing a capital defendant who may not meet state-law eligibility criteria for the death penalty based on challenges to the jury's 'future dangerousness' determination

Docket Entries

2024-06-26
Application (23A1146) referred to the Court.
2024-06-26
Application (23A1146) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2024-06-24
Application (23A1146) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Ramiro Gonzales
Raoul D. SchonemannUniversity of Texas School of Law, Petitioner
State of Texas
Matthew Dennis OttowayAssistant Attorney General, Respondent