No. 19-7468

Donald R. Phillips v. Kentucky

Lower Court: Kentucky
Docketed: 2020-01-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process false-answer implied-bias jury-selection material-error material-question prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-provisions voir-dire
Latest Conference: 2020-03-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Do you apply implied bias as a ground for disqualification under the circumstances suggested by Supreme Court's decision in her concurring opinion?

2. Does a juror's responsibility waive jurors' material question on your dire continue through trial?

3. Does an juror's error providing a false answer or a lesser answer on a material question be either on voir dire affect a claim of implied bias?

4. How does an juror's error providing a false answer or a lesser answer on a material question be either on voir dire affect a claim of implied bias?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a juror's responsibility to answer questions truthfully on voir dire continues through trial

Docket Entries

2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-17
Waiver of right of respondent Kentucky to respond filed.
2020-01-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Donald R. Phillips
Donald R. Phillips — Petitioner
Kentucky
Todd Dryden FergusonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent