No. 20-1777

Willard Hall v. Edward Bickham, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 6th-amendment community-representation due-process effective-assistance fair-cross-section fair-trial fifth-circuit impartial-jury jury-composition probable-cause
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana properly concluded the petitioner was not deprived of his right to a fair and impartial trial due to his jury not representing a fair cross-section of his community.

(2) Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana properly concluded the petitioner received effective assistance of counsel by counsel's actions of (a) failing to procure a pre-trial hearing on probable cause and (b) failing to challenge the composition of the jury.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the petitioner was deprived of his right to a fair and impartial trial due to his jury not representing a fair cross-section of his community

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Willard Hall
Willard Hall — Petitioner