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James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas
Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, No. WR-81,573-02 · judgment November 6, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the State’s considering race as a basis for striking prospective jurors, shown by its listing prospective jurors by race on a spreadsheet used during jury selection, and now confirmed by newly disclosed evidence of similar notations on a chart used during jury selection at Petitioner’s co-defendant’s trial, and by newly obtained affidavits from three struck prospective Black jurors, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Steven Craig Herzog
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
For respondent
Michele O'Brien Yeatts
Dallas County District Attorney
Proceedings
- Apr 30 2026Application (25A899) referred to the Court.
- Apr 30 2026Application (25A899) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied as moot.
- Apr 27 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 20 2026Reply of applicant James Garfield Broadnax filed.
- Apr 13 2026Response to application from respondent Texas filed.
- Apr 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
- Apr 08 2026Reply of petitioner James Garfield Broadnax filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 25 2026Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
- Mar 09 2026Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
- Mar 06 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including March 25, 2026.
- Mar 03 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 9, 2026 to March 30, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 04 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)
- Feb 04 2026Application (25A899) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.