No. 24A349

Robert Leslie Roberson III v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: N/A
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: actual-innocence capital-punishment changed-science due-process forensic-evidence shaken-baby-syndrome
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals violated Robert Leslie Roberson III's constitutional rights to due process and a meaningful opportunity to be heard by dismissing his application for habeas relief based on changed science without reviewing the merits of his claims, despite substantial new evidence of his actual innocence and the availability of state law procedures designed to address precisely such circumstances.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court's refusal to review new scientific evidence challenging a capital conviction based on now-discredited forensic theories violates a defendant's due process rights and actual innocence claims

Docket Entries

2024-10-17
Application (24A349) referred to the Court.
2024-10-17
Application (24A349) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of the application for stay of execution and denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a349_8m58.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2024-10-15
Application (24A349) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Robert Roberson
Gretchen S. Sween — Petitioner
Texas
Craig William CosperTexas Attorney General's Office, Respondent