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