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12 lis 2018 · Case Summary of Hernandez v. Texas: Hernandez was indicted for murder by a grand jury, and he was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He moved to quash his indictment and trial jury panel, alleging that the county that charged him systematically excluded Mexicans from serving as jury commissioners, grand jurors, and petit jurors.
14 mar 2017 · Case Summary for Lawrence v. Texas: Lawrence and Garner were arrested for engaging in homosexual conduct at the home of John Geddes. Both men were convicted under the statute making it a crime to engage in sexual intercourse with another individual of the same sex.
21 lis 2023 · Learn about the Supreme Court case Hernandez v. Texas (1954) and the decision of the court. Read a summary of the court case and its elements, and understand the case's significance.
Brief Fact Summary. Defendant challenged his indictment and conviction as having been obtained in violation of the Equal Protection Clause because individuals of Mexican descent were systematically excluded from serving as jury commissioner, grand jurors, and petit jurors in the county where he was tried.
18 kwi 2022 · In this case, petitioner Kristopher Love, a Black man, claims that one of the jurors in his capital trial was racially biased because the juror asserted during jury selection that “[n]on-white” races were statistically more violent than the white race.
Justice Sotomayor would grant the application to vacate stay in No. 21A85 and dissents from the dismissal of No. 21-588 as improvidently granted. The application to vacate stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied.
13 lis 2023 · On January 22, 2021, Texas sued the United States and Acting Secretary Pekoske in the Southern District of Texas. 14 Arguing the new guidelines violated its agreement with DHS, Texas carefully grounded its claim in “budgetary harms, including higher education and healthcare costs.” 15 Based on these alleged costs, the district court ...
