Question Presented (from Petition)
(1) Was the novel state procedural ground for denying the false evidence claims in the initial habeas application inadequate?
(2) Was the state procedural ground dismissing the subsequent application independent of federal law when it required an applicant to make a prima facie case for relief on the underlying federal claim?
(3) Whether Mr. Jenkins's Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated due to the cumulative presentation of false evidence at his capital trial?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals improperly applied a novel procedural bar to deny a habeas corpus petition alleging false testimony in a capital murder case
Docket Entries
2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-04
Reply of Willie Jenkins submitted.
2025-12-04
Reply of petitioner Willie Jenkins filed. (Distributed)
2025-11-19
Brief of Texas in opposition submitted.
2025-11-19
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
2025-10-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 19, 2025.
2025-10-07
Motion of Texas for an extension of time submitted.
2025-10-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 20, 2025 to November 19, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-09-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 20, 2025.
2025-09-11
Motion of Texas for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 18, 2025 to October 20, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-08-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 18, 2025)
2025-07-14
Application (25A52) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 14, 2025.
2025-07-02
Application (25A52) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 15, 2025 to August 14, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Texas
Gwendolyn Suzanne Vindell — Texas Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Willie Jenkins
Benjamin Barrett Wolff — Office of Capital and Forensic Writs, Petitioner
Willie Roy Jenkins