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No. 19-7827October Term 2019Decided May 4, 2020

Docket 19-7827October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

Hall v. Texas

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in forma pauperis to review a decision by the Court of Appeals of Texas, Eleventh District.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released May 4, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 4, 2020
What it's about

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in forma pauperis to review a decision by the Court of Appeals of Texas, Eleventh District.

Question presented

1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DECIDE PETITIONER'S RIGHT TD DUE P WAS NOT VIOLATED, WHERE THE VICTIM TESTIFIED ONE WAY DURING HIS TRIAL AND THEN TESTIFIED A DIFFERENT WAY DURING THE TRIAL OF A GCH3EFENDANT? i.e., Testified that a gun was used, during Petitioner's trial, but then testified that he didn't remember seeing a gun, during the trial of the co-defendant. 2. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DECIDING PETITINER'S RIGHT TO FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT WAS NOT VIOLATED, WHERE THE VICTIM'S TESTIMONY ABOUT THE USE OF A GUN WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT AT HIS PUNISHMENT HEARING THAN IT WAS AT THE CO-DEFENDANT'S TRIAL, AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE VICTIM'S TESTIMONY RESULTED IN A DISPARITY IN PUNISHMENT FOR TWO DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF THE S&ME CRIME?

Case path

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eleventh District / Decision released May 4, 2020

Area

Gun Rights

Grounding

Grounding
Primary-source trail available.
Note
Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
Checked
Apr 1, 2026
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