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Escobar v. Texas

Petition for certiorari denied on March 24, 2025

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-934 Tex. Crim. App. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2024

Issue: (1) Whether due process of law requires reversal, where a capital conviction is so infected with errors that the state no longer seeks to defend it; and (2) whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals erred in holding there was no due process violation because there is "no reasonable likelihood" that the prosecution"s use of admittedly false, misleading, and unreliable DNA evidence to secure petitioner"s capital conviction could have affected any juror"s judgment.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/15/2023Application (23A566) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 26, 2023 to January 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
12/20/2023Application (23A566) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 25, 2024.
01/15/2024Application (23A566) to extend further the time from January 25, 2024 to February 23, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
01/24/2024Application (23A566) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 23, 2024.
02/23/2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 28, 2024)
03/15/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 28, 2024 to April 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
03/18/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 29, 2024.
03/27/2024Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.
03/28/2024Brief amici curiae of Former State Attorneys General, United States Attorneys, and Prosecutors filed.
03/28/2024Brief amici curiae of The Innocence Network and the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences, Inc. filed.
04/18/2024Brief amicus curiae of Correctional Institutions Division of The Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed.
04/19/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 29, 2024 to May 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
04/22/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 29, 2024.
05/10/2024Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
05/10/2024Brief of respondent Texas in support filed. (Distributed)
05/13/2024Reply of petitioner Areli Escobar filed. (Distributed)
05/14/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
06/03/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
02/27/2025Supplemental brief of petitioner Areli Escobar filed. (Distributed)
02/28/2025Letter from counsel for respondent Texas filed.
03/03/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
03/03/2025Record Requested.
03/04/2025Electronic record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
03/17/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
03/24/2025Petition DENIED.