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Earl David Worden v. Texas
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, No. 01-23-00133-CR · judgment September 30, 2025
Pending
Questions presented
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Was Petitioner’s trial counsel ineffective for opening the door to prejudicial extraneous evidence and for failing to object to the injection of racial animus into his trial?
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Did the repeated outside influences brought to bear on the jury and jury misconduct violate Petitioner’s right to a jury trial?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Bryan William Lee Garris
Law Offices of Bryan Garris
For respondent
Zachary Curtis Gibson
Harris County District Attorney
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 25 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 18 2026Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
- Jun 09 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 16, 2026)