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Charles Fischer v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, No. 03-17-00025-CR, 03-17-00026-CR, 03-17-00027-CR · judgment December 28, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the Due Process Clause is offended by a statute that authorizes criminal convictions on the basis of character conformity and propensity.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Keith S. Hampton
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Rosa Theofanis
Travis County District Attorney

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 04 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Aug 26 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Texas to respond filed.
  4. Aug 06 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2019)