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Matthew Freeman v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, No. 03-18-00050-CR · judgment November 14, 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

The Due Process Clause and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution affords the accused in a criminal case protection against successive prosecutions for the same offense. The law is clear; once a judgment of acquittal is entered, that determination is inviolate. The question presented is: Whether placing the Petitioner in a position to be twice tried for the same offense after a judgment of acquittal violates Petitioner’s constitutional right to due process.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gerald Harris Goldstein
Goldstein & Orr

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 14 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Jul 01 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2019)