extraneous-offense-evidence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-1080 Jacky Scott Garrett v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-02-04 Denied capital-murder constitutional-review extraneous-offense-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudicial-error standard-of-review strategic-decision trial-strategy 1. Petitioner's trial counsel accidentally opened the door to devastating extraneous offense evidence. Could reasonable jurists disagree with the dist…
20-5898 Roy Eugene Ussery v. Texas Texas 2020-10-02 Denied IFP barker-test barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights defense-theory extraneous-offense-evidence grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prejudice speedy-trial witness-prejudice 1) When giving weight to the prejudice factor in a 'Barker' test & the complained of prejudice is the death of a DEFENSIVE witness, but the Court erro…