No. 19-8197
IFP
Tags: criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus hearing-impairment impartial-jury juror-bias juror-impartiality jury-selection right-to-fair-trial
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
When a juror realizes that he has been in an identical situation vis-à-vis the defendant as the victims of the defendant's crimes, is that juror unqualified to sit in judgment of the defendant?
When a defendant's right to a neutral and impartial factfinder is violated, may a court dismiss the error by simply speculating that the error had no impact on the juror's verdict?
Is requiring a hard-of-hearing criminal defendant to ask his attorney what is happening a constitutionally-sufficient accommodation?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
When a juror realizes that he has been in an identical situation vis-a-vis the defendant as the victims of the defendant's crimes, is that juror unqualified to sit in judgment of the defendant?
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-02
Brief of respondent Kentucky in opposition filed.
2020-04-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 6, 2020.
2020-04-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 7, 2020 to July 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-30
2020-01-24
Application (19A824) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 30, 2020.
2020-01-20
Application (19A824) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 29, 2020 to March 29, 2020, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Attorneys
Kentucky