No. 24-5736

James Ray Pendergraft v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2024-10-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-review criminal-appeals ineffective-assistance lesser-included-offense procedural-error trial-record
Latest Conference: 2024-12-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision conflicts with Smith v. Robbins, 120 S.Ct. 2446(2000), Hopper v. Evans, 102 S.Ct. 2049(1982) and Burns v. Hays, 143 S.Ct. 1077(2023) when it held that petitioner was not entitled to a lesser included offense instruction and that counsel was not ineffective for raising the issue on direct appeal.

2. Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals erred in deciding the case on an incomplete trial court record.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals improperly denied a lesser included offense instruction and found counsel not ineffective, and whether the court decided the case on an incomplete trial record

Docket Entries

2024-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
2024-10-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2024)

Attorneys

James Pendergraft
James Ray Pendergraft — Petitioner