Love v. Texas

Petition for certiorari denied on April 18, 2022

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
21-5050	Tex. Crim. App.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2021

Issue: (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.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/01/2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)
07/14/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 9, 2021 to September 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
07/15/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 8, 2021.
09/08/2021	Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
09/23/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
10/04/2021	Record Requested.
10/26/2021	Record received from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (1 envelope). The record is electronic and contains sealed materials.
11/10/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
11/16/2021	Record Requested - Additional materials requested from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
11/19/2021	Additional record materials received from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
12/09/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
01/10/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
01/18/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
02/11/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
02/22/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
02/28/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
03/14/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
03/21/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
03/28/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
04/11/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
04/18/2022	Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Breyer and Justice Kagan join, dissenting from the denial of summary vacatur. (Detached Opinion)