No. 23A234
Jerry Laza v. City of Palestine, Texas
Tags: civil-to-criminal-conversion double-jeopardy due-process-protections quasi-criminal-proceedings reasonable-doubt structural-error
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state court may convert a civil proceeding into a quasi-criminal or penal proceeding on appeal without affording the defendant fundamental constitutional protections including protection against double jeopardy and the right to proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and whether such structural error constitutes a basis for federal habeas review
Docket Entries
2023-09-14
Application (23A234) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 16, 2023.
2023-09-07
Application (23A234) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 14, 2023 to November 13, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
City pf Palestine, Texas
Keith Dollahite — M. Keith Dollahite, P.C., Respondent
Jerry Laza
Nicholas Dupont Mosser — Mosser Law, PLLC, Petitioner