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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
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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- 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)