No. 25-5278
Reynaldo Alberto Peña v. Texas
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: compulsory-process confrontation-clause due-process fourteenth-amendment polygraph-evidence sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
If a Trial Court admitted into evidence inculpatory statements made by a defendant during the post-interview portion of a polygraph examination, but excluded all evidence relating to the circumstances surrounding the defendant's inculpatory statements, wouldn't that deprive a defendant of his fundamental Constitutional right to a fair opportunity to present a defense, both under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and under the Compulsory Process and Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether admission of inculpatory statements from a polygraph examination without context violates a defendant's constitutional rights to a fair trial
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-13
Waiver of right of respondent The State of Texas to respond filed.
2025-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2025)
Attorneys
Reynaldo Peña
Abner Burnett — Petitioner
The State of Texas
Roxanna R. Ramirez — Judicial District Attorney's Office, Respondent