Ex parte Keith Taylor

Ex parte Taylor · Texas Court of Criminal Appeals · March 30, 2015 · No. WR-76,997-05

Summary

This document is a Texas post-conviction habeas corpus filing concerning Keith Taylor, together with supporting affidavits and a judgment of conviction. The underlying judgment reflects a 2012 Travis County conviction for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, enhanced, and a 45-year sentence in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The asserted grounds appear to include ineffective assistance of counsel, issues concerning mental health, and alleged failures involving evidence and investigation.

Court
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction
Texas
Decision date
March 30, 2015
Docket number
WR-76,997-05
Procedural posture
Post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 11.07 following a felony conviction.
Precedential value
nonprecedential filing
Parties
Keith Taylor v. The State of Texas
Disposition
other

Topics

state post-conviction reliefpost-conviction reliefineffective assistancesuppression of evidencecriminal procedure

Practice areas

criminal procedurepost-conviction reliefhabeas corpusineffective assistanceevidence

Questions Presented

  1. Whether Taylor was entitled to post-conviction habeas relief based on alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
  2. Whether alleged failures concerning discovery, suppression of evidence, investigation, mental-health evidence, and presentation of defenses warranted habeas relief.
  3. Whether the submitted affidavits and allegations supported relief based on competency, actual innocence, or related constitutional claims.

Factual background

Taylor was convicted after waiving a jury trial and entering a guilty plea to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. The judgment states that a firearm was used or exhibited, an enhancement paragraph was found true, and the court imposed a concurrent forty-five-year sentence. The post-conviction materials allege that trial counsel failed to investigate or present mental-health and medical-history evidence, failed to obtain or use discovery, and failed to pursue suppression and other defenses.

Procedural history

Keith Taylor was convicted in the 390th District Court of Travis County of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, with an enhancement finding, and received a forty-five-year sentence. The submitted materials seek post-conviction relief and assert numerous grounds, including ineffective assistance of counsel, suppression and discovery issues, competency or mental-health concerns, and actual-innocence-related allegations. The provided text contains application forms, affidavits, and the judgment of conviction, but does not include a discernible merits opinion or final ruling on the application.

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