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Joel Contreras-Aguilar v. Texas
IFP petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, No. WR-96,470-01 · judgment September 17, 2025
Certiorari denied · April 27, 2026
Question presented
Has the State of Texas courts undermined presently established federal law in regards to the disclosure of immigration status of defendants in criminal cases? Does the Strickland test only apply to defense counsel?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Joel Contreras-Aguilar
For respondent
Daniel Roy Sakaida
Hays County District Attorney's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Apr 27 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
- Mar 29 2026Reply of petitioner Joel Contreras-Aguilar filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 20 2026Brief of Texas in opposition not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - March 26, 2026)
- Mar 20 2026Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed. (Corrected)
- Feb 23 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 23, 2026.
- Feb 17 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 19, 2026 to March 23, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 26 2026Electronic record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
- Jan 20 2026Record Requested.
- Jan 20 2026Response Requested. (Due February 19, 2026)
- Jan 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
- Nov 10 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2025)