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Aaron York Dean v. Texas
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, No. 02-22-00322-CR · judgment February 15, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does Grey v. State, 298 S.W.3d 644 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009) violate the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the United States Constitution by allowing the State to submit a lesser-included offense to the jury merely by requesting it while the defendant must show some evidence in the record suggesting that defendant is guilty, if he is, of only the lesser-included offense? Does Grey v. State, 298 S.W.3d 644 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009) violate the Fifth Amendment’s requirement of a grand jury indictment and the Sixth Amendment’s requirement of notice of the charges by allowing the State to add a lesser-included charge at the conclusion of trial merely on request?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Leigh Warren Davis
Leigh Warren Davis
For respondent
Victoria Ann Ford Oblon
Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Aug 21 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Aug 19 2024Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
- Aug 13 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2024)