No. 20-5737

Jesse Lewis v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process juror-misconduct jury-impartiality jury-selection religious-bias sex-trafficking sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, at petitioner's trial for sex trafficking—in which the government's case rested on evidence of the defendant's conduct as a procurer of prostitution—the presence of a juror who stated that his religion mandates punishment by death for anyone engaged in prostitution activity reflected impermissible bias in violation of the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the presence of a juror with religious bias violated the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-09-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 19, 2020)

Attorneys

Jesse Lewis
Jacqueline Esther Shapiro — Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent