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Julius Jerome Murphy v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, No. WR-38,198-04 · judgment November 7, 2018

Certiorari denied · May 28, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition citing three to ten dissents, a dissent in the court below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

I. Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals misapplied established federal law when it held that the State’s failure to disclose threats and promises made to two critical witnesses in exchange for their testimony did not violate petitioner Julius Murphy’s due process rights. II. Whether the trial court’s arbitrary refusal to continue Murphy’s habeas hearing violated his due process rights. III. Whether the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Catherine Emily Stetson
Hogan Lovells US LLP

For respondent
Jefferson David Clendenin
Office of the Attorney General of Texas

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 28, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 28 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 07 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
  3. May 01 2019
    Reply of petitioner Julius Jerome Murphy filed.
  4. Apr 18 2019
    Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 28 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 19, 2019.
  6. Mar 26 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 5, 2019 to April 19, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Mar 05 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 5, 2019.
  8. Feb 28 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 7, 2019 to April 5, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Feb 05 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2019)