comparative-juror-analysis
10 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-5659 | Cedric Theodis Hobbs, Jr. v. North Carolina | North Carolina | 2023-09-27 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky comparative-juror-analysis constitutional-rights equal-protection jury-selection post-hoc-justifications racial-discrimination voir-dire | Whether it is proper for a court conducting a comparative juror analysis to consider "favorable characteristics" in otherwise comparable jurors when t… |
| 22-6934 | Jack V. Smalley v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | batson-challenge batson-claim comparative-juror-analysis discrimination discriminatory-purpose due-process jury-selection peremptory-challenge voir-dire | Does a comparative-juror analysis on a Batson claim depend on the reasons a party actually gave for exercising a peremptory challenge, or does it exte… |
| 22-5667 | Charles Stevens v. Ron Davis, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2022-09-22 | Denied | IFP | aedpa batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky comparative-juror-analysis flowers-v-mississippi habeas-corpus-standard juror-similarity miller-el-v-dretke ninth-circuit-review peremptory-strike race-based-challenge racial-discrimination | 1. Whether a state court improperly expands or modifies the standard this Court established in Batson v. Kentucky and its progeny, when it requires a … |
| 21-7584 | William O. Dickerson v. South Carolina | South Carolina | 2022-04-11 | Denied | IFP | batson-challenge civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection peremptory-strikes post-conviction-review racial-discrimination standing voir-dire | 1. Did the state postconviction court violate Batson and its progeny by refusing to consider evidence that this Court's precedent expressly permits? … |
| 21-6008 | Keyaira Porter v. Arizona | Arizona | 2021-10-19 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appellate-review batson-challenge comparative-juror-analysis criminal-procedure equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination standard-of-review trial-procedure | For over a decade now, Courts have found themselves intractably divided on two important issues regarding the enforcement of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U… |
| 20-808 | Johnny Duane Miles v. California | California | 2020-12-15 | Denied | Amici (1) | batson-challenge batson-claim comparative-juror-analysis death-penalty jury-selection peremptory-challenges pretext prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination | During jury selection for Johnny Duane Miles's capital murder trial, the prosecutor used his peremptory challenges to remove every Black prospective j… |
| 20-5241 | Dewoyne Curtis Potts v. John Garza | Ninth Circuit | 2020-07-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | batson batson-challenge comparative-juror-analysis discriminatory-pretext juror-strike miller-el-standard miller-el-v-dretke mischaracterization-of-testimony ninth-circuit prosecutorial-bias race-based-questioning | In this case involving a Black defendant, the prosecutor struck the sole Black juror remaining on the venire (the only other Black veniremember was st… |
| 18-9710 | Lee Turner, Jr. v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2019-06-18 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis discrimination due-process equal-protection johnson-v-california jury-selection prima-facie-case prima-facie-discrimination prosecutorial-strikes racial-bias racial-discrimination standard-of-proof | 1. Whether "mere statistics" are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination under Batson v. Kentucky, 475 U.S. 79 (1986) and Johns… |
| 18-6306 | Amy Hebert v. James Rogers, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-16 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | comparative-juror-analysis due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination ineffective-assistance-of-counsel j.e.b.-v.-alabama jury-discrimination miller-el-v.-dretke peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes | 1. When reviewing a claim of gender discrimination in violation of J.E.B. v. Alabama, is comparative juror analysis appropriate even where the male an… |
| 18-6286 | Lisa Jo Chamberlin v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-10 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (2)IFP | batson batson-v-kentucky civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination | 1. Whether a court reviewing a Batson claim may consider reasons distinguishing stricken jurors from those accepted by the prosecutor when the disting… |