No. 24-5612

Prosecuting Attorney, 21st Judicial Circuit, ex rel. Marcellus Williams v. Missouri

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2024-09-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Amici (1)IFP
Tags: capital-punishment constitutional-error due-process jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether due process of law requires reversal where a capital conviction is so infected with errors that the prosecutor who prosecuted the case no longer seeks to defend it.

Whether, in this capital case, the Missouri courts erred in failing to recognize that a prosecutor's testimony that he struck a juror "in part" because of his race requires reversal under Batson v. Kentucky.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether due process requires reversal when a prosecutor concedes constitutional errors in a capital conviction and no longer seeks to defend the case

Docket Entries

2024-09-24
Brief of respondent Missouri in opposition filed.
2024-09-24
Application (24A290) referred to the Court.
2024-09-24
Reply of petitioner Marcellus Williams filed.
2024-09-24
Application (24A290) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would grant the application for stay of execution of sentence of death.
2024-09-24
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-24
Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
2024-09-23
2024-09-23
Application (24A290) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Marcellus Williams
Tricia J. BushnellMidwest Innocence Project, Petitioner
Missouri
Gregory Michael GoodwinMissouri Attorney General's Office, Respondent
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc
Samuel SpitalNAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc, Amicus