No. 21-6147

Joshua Komisarjevsky v. Connecticut

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2021-11-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-prejudice actual-prejudice-analysis emotional-nature-of-case guilty-verdict jury-selection presumed-prejudice-analysis presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity venue-change voir-dire
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2021-12-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. What consideration, if any, must courts give the following factors in their presumption-of-prejudice analysis: (a) a verdict finding the defendant guilty on all counts; (b) the disruption to the solemnity and calmness of the proceedings caused by prejudicial pretrial publicity; and (c) the jury selection process?

2. In their actual-prejudice analysis, when evaluating jurors' assurances of their own impartiality, must courts consider: (1) the emotional nature of the case and the prejudicial effect of the pretrial publicity; and (2) the difficulty of picking an unbiased jury?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

What consideration must courts give to (a) a guilty verdict, (b) the disruption to proceedings from pretrial publicity, and (c) the jury selection process in their presumed-prejudice analysis?

Docket Entries

2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-02
Waiver of right of respondent Connecticut to respond filed.
2021-10-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Connecticut
Melissa L. StreetoCT, Dept. of Criminal Justice, Respondent
Joshua Komisarjevsky
John H. HoldridgeAttorney at law, Petitioner