No. 25-5773

Karina Yohera Flores v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2025-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-murder court-of-appeals due-process jury-punishment lesser-included-offenses procedural-default
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2025-12-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas err by affirming the trial court's order that no jury punishment hearing would occur, which was issued without notice or prior hearing on the day jury voir dire and trial were to begin?

Did the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas err by affirming the trial court's ruling that there were no lesser included offenses of capital murder other than murder?

Did the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas err when it used procedural default to justify the trial court's refusal to allow any lesser included offenses to be inserted into the trial court's guilt/innocence charge to the jury?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court of Appeals err by affirming the trial court's order denying a jury punishment hearing and ruling on lesser included offenses without notice or prior hearing?

Docket Entries

2025-12-08
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-09-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 31, 2025)

Attorneys

Karina Flores
David Alan DisherAttorney at Law, Petitioner