No. 23-5023

Kirby R. Thomas v. Louisiana

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2023-07-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-trial due-process equal-protection fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection petit-venire racial-discrimination
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Whether Louisiana deprived Mr. Thomas of his right to an impartial jury trial before his peers through a petit venire selection process that effectively excluded African American participation not withstanding the fact that African American comprise 30% of the parish's population.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Louisiana deprived Mr. Thomas of his right to an impartial jury trial before his peers

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-25
Electronic record received from the Assumption Parish Clerk (Louisiana).
2023-08-24
Electronic record received from the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
2023-08-23
Record Requested.
2023-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-31
Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
2023-06-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 2, 2023)

Attorneys

Kirby Thomas
Andre Robert BelangerManasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger, Petitioner
State of Louisiana
Donald David CandellSuite B, Respondent