No. 18-5651
Samuel W. Swoopes v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appeal constitutional-law criminal-procedure defendant defendant-exclusion due-process ex-parte jury jury-question mid-deliberation sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does it violate Due Process and the Sixth Amendment to exclude a defendant from the court's consideration and answering of a jury question?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does it violate Due Process and the Sixth Amendment to exclude a defendant from the court’s consideration and answering of a jury question? 2. Did the trial judge’s incorrect and prejudicial answer to a jury question violate Due Process and the Sixth Amendment, even if it was not wholly ex parte? i
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-23
Waiver of right of respondent Charles L. Ryan to respond filed.
2018-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 19, 2018)
Attorneys
Charles L. Ryan
Jeffrey Lee Sparks — AZ Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Samuel Swoopes
Lee Tucker — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner