Legal Opinion
Reed v. Goertz
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 23, 2026No. 24-1268Relating-to
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(2026) 1 SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES RODNEY REED v. BRYAN GOERTZ, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 24–1268. Decided March 23, 2026 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from the denial of certio- rari. “DNA testing has an unparalleled ability to both exoner- ate the wrongly convicted and to identify the guilty.”…
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