No. 24-6841
Micah Brown v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment defendant-rights fifth-amendment jury-instructions penalty-phase prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
FifthAmendment DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether reasonable jurists would disagree that a prosecutor violates a capital defendant's Fifth-Amendment right not to testify at the penalty phase by repeatedly telling the jury that the defendant deserved no mercy because he had not personally begged them for it—because he had not "throw[n] himself on his face in front of the jury and said I did it all, forgive me. It's my fault." ROA.8723.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a prosecutor violates a capital defendant's Fifth Amendment right by repeatedly telling the jury that the defendant deserved no mercy for not personally begging for forgiveness
Docket Entries
2025-09-12
Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
2025-09-10
Joint stipulation to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46 filed.
2025-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-10
Reply of Micah Brown submitted.
2025-07-10
Reply of petitioner Micah Crofford Brown filed. (Distributed)
2025-06-26
Brief of Eric Guerrero in opposition submitted.
2025-06-26
Brief of respondent Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division in opposition filed.
2025-05-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 26, 2025.
2025-05-15
Motion of Eric Guerrero for an extension of time submitted.
2025-05-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 27, 2025 to June 26, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-04-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 27, 2025. See Rule 30.1.
2025-04-14
Motion of Eric Guerrero for an extension of time submitted.
2025-04-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 24, 2025 to May 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-03-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 24, 2025)
2025-02-14
Application (24A775) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 21, 2025.
2025-02-06
Application (24A775) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 19, 2025 to April 20, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Eric Guerrero
Molly Marie Knowles — Texas Office of The Attorney General, Respondent
Stephen Matthew Hoffman — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Lucas Wallace — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Micah Brown
Donna F. Coltharp — Fed. Pub. Def. for Western Dis, Petitioner