No. 23A234

Jerry Laza v. City of Palestine, Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2023-09-12
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: civil-to-criminal-conversion double-jeopardy due-process-protections quasi-criminal-proceedings reasonable-doubt structural-error
Latest Conference: N/A
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 DollahiteM. Keith Dollahite, P.C., Respondent
Jerry Laza
Nicholas Dupont MosserMosser Law, PLLC, Petitioner