No. 23A569

Stephen Elliot Powers v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2023-12-21
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: batson-challenge constitutional-law ineffective-assistance jury-selection racial-discrimination strickland-standard
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state supreme court can impose an impermissibly high standard of prejudice review that effectively nullifies the constitutional protections against racially discriminatory jury selection established in Batson v. Kentucky

Docket Entries

2023-12-22
Application (23A569) denied by Justice Alito.
2023-12-19
Application (23A569) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 27, 2023 to February 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Attorneys

Mississippi
LaDonna Curtis Holland — Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Stephen E. Powers
Krissy Casey Nobile — MS Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Petitioner