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Texas, 380 U.S. 400 (1965), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court involving the application of the right of to confront accusers in state court proceedings. The Sixth Amendment in the Bill of Rights states that, in criminal prosecutions , the defendant has a right "...to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have ...
Holding; In order to state a cognizable Section 1983 claim for a violation of Eighth Amendment rights, a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, and that medical malpractice did not rise to the level of "cruel and unusual punishment" simply because the victim was a prisoner.
It began as a civil action, a handwritten petition filed against the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) in 1972 by inmate David Resendez Ruíz alleging that the conditions of his incarceration, such as overcrowding, lack of access to health care, and abusive security practices, were a violation of his constitutional rights. [1]
In United States law, an Alford plea, also called a Kennedy plea in West Virginia, [1] an Alford guilty plea, [2] [3] [4] and the Alford doctrine, [5] [6] [7] is a guilty plea in criminal court, [8] [9] [10] whereby a defendant in a criminal case does not admit to the criminal act and asserts innocence, but accepts imposition of a sentence.
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A criminal turns state's evidence by admitting guilt and testifying as a witness for the state against their associate(s) or accomplice(s), [1] often in exchange for leniency in sentencing or immunity from prosecution. [2] The testimony of a witness who testifies against co-conspirator(s) may be important evidence. [2]
A thermometer reads near 115 degrees inside a mock prison cell set up near the south steps of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, July 18, 2023. Texas Prisons Community Advocates set the cell up to ...
Robert Leslie Roberson III was born on November 10, 1966, in Wood County, Texas.Official records showed that between 1991 and 1999, Roberson was convicted of burglary, theft and parole violations; he was released from prison in 2000.