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David Lee Winfield v. Texas
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Seventh District, No. 07-25-00030-CR, 07-25-00031-CR, 07-25-00032-CR, 7-25-00033-CR, 07-25-00034-CR · judgment January 21, 2026
Pending
Question presented
Should the right to counsel remain offense-specific where officers strategically evade the defendant’s request for counsel via the piecemeal charging of alleged offenses for which probable cause for all was clear from the start, thus allowing them to conduct further custodial interrogation without counsel present?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John Charles Bennett
Panhandle Area Public Defender
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jul 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- May 01 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 18, 2026)