No. 24-721

Jordan Shaun Rodgers v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2025-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: absurdity-doctrine criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law jackson-v-virginia statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-03-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Texas courts are applying the "absurdity doctrine" in a manner that violates due process?

Whether Jackson v. Virginia tolerates inferences based on knowledge from outside the evidence and if so whether those inferences are allowable if they are generally but not always correct?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Texas courts are applying the 'absurdity doctrine' in a manner that violates due process and whether Jackson v. Virginia allows jurors to rely on outside knowledge to secure a conviction

Docket Entries

2025-03-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
2025-01-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2025)
2024-11-20
Application (24A495) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 2, 2025.
2024-11-15
Application (24A495) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2024 to January 17, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Jordan Rodgers
Niles Stefan IllichPalmer Perlstein, Petitioner