No. 25-939 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
 
Title: James Garfield Broadnax, Petitioner
v.
Texas
Docketed: February 6, 2026
Linked with: 25A900
Lower Ct: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
   Case Numbers: (WR-81,573-03)
   Decision Date: November 6, 2025
 
Proceedings and Orders
Feb 04 2026 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 04 2026 Application (25A900) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.
Main Document Proof of Service
Mar 09 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Jacques Bermon Webster II (“Travis Scott”) filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 09 2026 Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 09 2026 Brief amici curiae of Erik Nielson, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 25 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
Mar 25 2026 Reply of petitioner James Garfield Broadnax filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 31 2026 Rescheduled.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Steven Craig Herzog
Counsel of Record
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

sherzog@paulweiss.com
Ph: 212-373-3000
Party name: James Garfield Broadnax


Attorneys for Respondent
Michele O'Brien Yeatts
Counsel of Record
Dallas County District Attorney
133 North Riverfront Blvd., LB-19
Dallas, TX 75207-4399

SYEATTS@DALLASCOUNTY.ORG
Ph: 214-653-3625
Party name: State of Texas


Other Attorneys
Charles E. Baruch
Counsel of Record
Johnston Tobey Baruch
12377 Merit Drive, Suite 880
Dallas, TX 75251

chad@jtlaw.com
Ph: 2147416260
Party name: Erik Nielson, Michael Render (aka "Killer Mike"), Howard Law Criminal Justice Clinic, and other Music Scholars, Artists, and Arts Organizations


Ellyde Roko Thompson
Counsel of Record
Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
295 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

ellydethompson@quinnemanuel.com
Ph: (212) 849-7000
Party name: Jacques Bermon Webster II (“Travis Scott”)