witherspoon-challenge

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-6915 Scott Lee Peterson v. California California 2021-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-murder death-penalty eighth-amendment jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire witherspoon-challenge witherspoon-v-illinois Petitioner was charged with capital murder. During voir dire, and based solely on answers to jury questionnaires, the state trial court systematically…