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Karina Yohera Flores v. Texas

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District, No. 13-22-00596-CR · judgment December 5, 2024


Certiorari denied · December 8, 2025

Question presented

Did the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas err by affirming the trial court's order that no jury punishment hearing would occur, which was issued without notice or prior hearing on the day jury voir dire and trial were to begin? 1 Did the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas err by affirming the trial court's ruling that there were no lesser included offenses of capital murder other than murder? 2 Did the Court of Appeals, Thirteenth Judicial District, Corpus Christi, Texas err when it used procedural default to justify the trial court's refusal to allow any lesser included offenses to be inserted into the trial court's guilt/innocence charge to the jury? 3

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Alan Disher
Attorney at Law

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 08 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 13 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
  3. Sep 10 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 31, 2025)