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Mark Jabben v. Texas

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, No. 02-23-00210-CR · judgment August 22, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Questions presented

  1. Should the Court of Criminal Appeal's overturn the verdict because there was insufficent evidence of culpability ?

  2. Did the State Court violate Mr. Sabbens sixth amenment right to the CONFRONTATION CLAUSE ?

  3. Did the State Court abuse it's discrection when it admitted gun handling ■ evidence when it was nat-relevant ? A. Did the State Court err when it allowed a police officer to testify to Mr.Jabbens mental state ?

  4. Did thb State court err in allowing a police officer to testify as an expert witness on bullet trajectory ?

  5. Did the State court err when it submitted more evidence than requested to the jury ?

  6. Did the State court violate Mr. Oabbens constitutional right's at punishmen t under the the sixth amendment by allowing a surrogate testimony about autopsy ?

  7. Did the State court err at punishment when it failed to admit metabolic data evidence because it was relevant and admisable ?

  8. Did the State court err at punishment when it refused to admit specific in­ stances of character evidence ?

  9. Did the State court err at punishment in admitting a demonstration exhibit of singel gun when the evidence showed the defendant had two guns ? 11 . Did the State court err at punishment when it allowed a witness to testify "who had been present in court after 'the rule had been revoked' ?

  10. Did the state court err at punishment when it failed to allow an expert to testify for the defense on blood splatter analsis ?

  11. Did the state court err at punishment by refusing to add a jury instructio n on self- defense ?

  12. Should the United states Supreme Court Court over turn the punishment decision of the state court beacause the cumuative effect of the trial c?" courts error's deprived Mr.Oabben of the fundmental due process right's to a fair trial ?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mark Jabben

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 21 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. May 29 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 11, 2025)