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Don Wilburn Collins v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, No. 09-15-00089-CR · judgment March 29, 2017

Certiorari denied · June 28, 2021
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

Did the Texas appellate courts fail to realize that the retroactive expansion of jurisdiction over a previously exempt juvenile for capital murder violated his ex post facto rights under the United States Constitution?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jerald Donald Crow
Attorney at Law

For respondent
William J. Delmore III
Montgomery County District Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 28 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
  3. Jun 07 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
  4. May 10 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2021)