No. 24-5563

Eloy Vela, Jr. v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2024-09-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection mitigating-factors newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-11-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether newly discovered evidence containing both
mitigating and aggravating factors can be simply
concluded in state post-conviction proceedings
without reweighing the totality of all the evidence violates the 14th Amendment Due Process and Equal
Protection of law clause?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether newly discovered evidence containing both mitigating and aggravating factors can be simply concluded in state post-conviction proceedings without reweighing the totality of all the evidence violates the 14th Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection of law clause?

Docket Entries

2024-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.
2024-08-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 17, 2024)

Attorneys

Eloy Vela
Eloy Vela Jr. — Petitioner