Katy Elizabeth Kabha v. Texas

Void Judgment I Due Process Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a State to impose and enforce criminal punishment where guilt was never lawfully adjudicated, no guilty or nolo contendere plea was entered, and the disposition imposed was unauthorized by statute.

Improper Use of Nunc Pro Tunc Whether the Due Process Clause permits a state court to use nunc pro tunc procedure to fabricate plea-based findings that never occurred, contradict the reporter’s record, and retroactively legitimize a criminal judgment that was void when imposed.

Denial of Meaningful Review / Due Process Whether a State may continue enforcing criminal punishment consistent with the Due Process Clause and the Sixth Amendment after its courts refuse to adjudicate federal claims of suppressed Brady material, ineffective assistance of counsel, an unlawful adjudicative process, and a judgment later altered to fabricate plea findings.