No. 24-5612
Prosecuting Attorney, 21st Judicial Circuit, ex rel. Marcellus Williams v. Missouri
Amici (1)IFP
Tags: capital-punishment constitutional-error due-process jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination
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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
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2024-09-23
Application (24A290) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Marcellus Williams
Tricia J. Bushnell — Midwest Innocence Project, Petitioner
Missouri
Gregory Michael Goodwin — Missouri Attorney General's Office, Respondent
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc