Love v. Texas
Petition for certiorari denied on April 18, 2022
Issues: (1) Whether Texas' Court of Criminal Appeals, the only court of last resort
reviewing direct appeals in death penalty cases, has decided an important
federal question concerning a racially biased juror being allowed on a
capital death penalty jury in violation of petitioner Kristopher Love's rights under the
Sixth and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution; and (2) whether Texas' Court of Criminal Appeals, the only court of last resort
reviewing direct appeals in death penalty cases, has decided an important
federal question concerning a racially biased juror in a way that conflicts
with relevant decisions of the Supreme Court in violation of Love's rights
under the Sixth and 14th Amendments to the United States
Constitution.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jul 01 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2021) |
| Jul 14 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 9, 2021 to September 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jul 15 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 8, 2021. |
| Sep 08 2021 | Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed. |
| Sep 23 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021. |
| Oct 04 2021 | Record Requested. |
| Oct 26 2021 | Record received from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (1 envelope). The record is electronic and contains sealed materials. |
| Nov 10 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021. |
| Nov 16 2021 | Record Requested - Additional materials requested from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. |
| Nov 19 2021 | Additional record materials received from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. |
| Dec 09 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022. |
| Jan 10 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022. |
| Jan 18 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022. |
| Feb 11 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022. |
| Feb 22 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022. |
| Feb 28 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022. |
| Mar 14 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022. |
| Mar 21 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022. |
| Mar 28 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022. |
| Apr 11 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022. |
| Apr 18 2022 | Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Breyer and Justice Kagan join, dissenting from the denial of summary vacatur. (Detached Opinion) |
