No. 23-7724

In Re Shomas T. Winston

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2024-06-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: evidentiary-hearing fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury juror-misconduct jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. WHETHER A PETITIONER SHOULD BE DENIED AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING TO QUESTION A JUROR WHO FAILED TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION BECAUSE STATE COURTS RULED PETITIONER RECEIVED A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JURY DESPITE SAID JUROR NEVER BEING QUESTIONED?

II. WHETHER A PETITIONER IS DENIED SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JURY WHEN A JUROR FAILS TO ANSWER HONESTLY A MATERIAL QUESTION DURING VOIR DIRE?

III. WHETHER A PETITIONER IS DENIED SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHEN TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE TO INFORM TRIAL COURT A JUROR WHO KNEW PETITIONER PERSONALLY RESULTED IN SAID JUROR BEING REMAINING JUROR?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a petitioner should be denied an evidentiary hearing to question a juror who failed to disclose information

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-04-02

Attorneys

Shomas T. Winston
Shomas T. Winston — Petitioner