No. 22-7672

Marcus D. Winston v. Nebraska

Lower Court: Nebraska
Docketed: 2023-05-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct racial-rhetoric
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Nebraska Court of Appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by the United States Supreme Court or has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of the United States Supreme Court in respect to racist prosecutorial rhetoric at trial in violation of petitioner's rights to a fair trial and due process under the 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Nebraska Court of Appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by the United States Supreme Court or has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with relevant decisions of the United States Supreme Court in respect to racist prosecutorial rhetoric at trial in violation of petitioner's rights to a fair trial and due process under the 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-05-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 30, 2023)

Attorneys

Marcus Winston
Jeffery Andrew Pickens — Petitioner
State of Nebraska
Eric James HamiltonOffice of the Attorney General of Nebraska, Respondent