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George Briscoe v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth District, No. 06-17-00061-CR · judgment February 9, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 29, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Can a defendant receive a fair trial when the plain language of a statute is ignored to allow the government to change the indictment after a jury has been selected?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mark T. Lassiter
Barret Bright Lassiter Linder

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 29 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 10 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
  3. Aug 22 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 27, 2018)