No. 23A175

Phillip Charles Gibbs v. Becky Carl, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-25
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: courtroom-closure public-trial sixth-amendment strickland-prejudice structural-error voir-dire
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial is violated by a trial court's closure of the courtroom during voir dire, and whether such a violation constitutes structural error requiring automatic reversal or instead requires a showing of prejudice under Strickland v. Washington

Docket Entries

2023-08-25
Application (23A175) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 29, 2023.
2023-08-17
Application (23A175) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 30, 2023 to October 29, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Phillip Gibbs
Benton C. MartinFederal Community Defender, Petitioner