No. 24A194

Hector Acosta v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2024-08-22
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: capital-murder death-sentence equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection racial-bias
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether racial bias in the jury selection process violated the defendant's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection in a capital murder case

Docket Entries

2024-08-23
Application (24A194) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 3, 2024.
2024-08-20
Application (24A194) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 3, 2024 to October 3, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Attorneys

Hector Acosta
Jennae Rose Swiergula — Texas Defender Service, Petitioner