No. 19-8798

Rafeeq Salahuddin v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2020-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: appeal-rights batson-rule civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection legal-procedure retroactivity
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

whether a state count of last resort has power to destroy a
dependant's constitutional vight to trial by jury whosemember's
are selected by non-discriminatory criterid pursuant to a newly
applicable to a
yet final, without first affording
defendants whose cases were not
him notice, and an adequate opportunity to protect it?

Whether a state defendant has a due process and equal protection
of the laws right to beredit from the protection of a newly declared
Constitutiondl Rule(Batson Rule) when his case was pending on
direct appeal as of right when the Constitutional Rule ( Batson Rule)
was announced bythis Court?

Whether a state defendant that has timely and properly filed
a claim of a constitutional Batson viclation on dttect appel
right, have a due process and equal protection of the laws right to

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a State Court of last resort has power to destroy a defendant's Constitutional right to trial by jury whose members are selected by non-discriminatory criteria pursuant to a newly declared Constitutional Rule (Batson Rule), made retroactively applicable to all similarly situated state and federal criminal defendants whose cases were not yet final, without providing him notice, and an adequate opportunity to protect his rights?

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-10-28
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Rafeeq Salahuddin
Rafeeq Q. Salahuddin — Petitioner