Rivers v. Guerrero
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 12, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 12, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Jackson
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 605 U. S. Part 2 Pages 443–459 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 12, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2024 443 Syllabus RIVERS v. GUERRERO, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DE- PARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, COR- RECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fth circuit No. 23–1345. Argued March 31, 2025—Decided June 12, 2025 Petitioner Danny Rivers was convicted in Texas state court of continuous sexual abuse of a child and related charges. After unsuccessfully seek- ing direct appeal and state habeas relief, Rivers fled his frst federal habeas petition under 28 U. S. C. § 2254 in August 2017, asserting claims of prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, and other constitutional violations. The District Court denied the petition in Sep- tember 2018, and Rivers appealed to the Fifth Circuit, which granted a certifcate of appealability on his ineffective-assistance claim in July 2020. While his appeal was pending, Rivers obtained his trial counsel's cli- ent…
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