No. 23-6804
Jonathan Douglas Richardson v. North Carolina
IFP
Tags: batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-rights flowers-v-mississippi jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prosecutorial-misconduct racial-animus racial-discrimination
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2024-06-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina violated this Court's clear precedent when it held that trial judges have "broad discretion" to refuse to consider a prosecutor's personal history of racially disparate strikes at the prima facie stage of the Batson inquiry?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina violated this Court's clear precedent when it held that trial judges have 'broad discretion' to refuse to consider a prosecutor's personal history of racially disparate strikes at the prima facie stage of the Batson inquiry?
Docket Entries
2024-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
2024-05-30
Reply of petitioner Jonathan Douglas Richardson filed.
2024-05-16
Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed.
2024-02-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 21, 2024.
2024-02-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 22, 2024 to May 21, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-02-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 22, 2024)
2023-12-07
Application (23A515) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 18, 2024.
2023-11-30
Application (23A515) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 20, 2023 to February 18, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Jonathan Douglas Richardson
North Carolina
Sandra Teresa Postell — North Carolina Department of Justice, Respondent