No. 18-7224

Jose Alejandro Acuna Valenzuela v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2019-01-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fair-trial heightened-reliability impartial-jury juror-bias jury-selection motion-to-vacate prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court violated Mr. Acuna's constitutional rights to a fair and impartial jury, to due process, to heightened reliability, and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the trial court violated Mr. Acuna’s constitutional rights to a fair and impartial jury, to due process, to heightened reliability, and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, by failing to strike a prospective juror for cause who had a close personal relationship with a member of the prosecutot’s office and who could not unequivocally state that the relationship would not affect her ability to be fair and impartial. Il. Whether the trial court violated Mr. Acuna’s constitutional rights to a fair and impartial jury and to due process by denying Mr. Acuna’s motion to vacate judgment after Mr. Acuna discovered that the juror who had a close personal relationship with a member of the prosecutotr’s office published an online blog demonstrating that she had lied about the extent of her bias at voir dire. 1

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-04
Brief of respondent Arizona in opposition filed.
2018-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Arizona
Andrew Stuart ReillyOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jose Alejandro Acuna Valenzuela
Kerri L. ChamberlinOffice of the Legal Advocate, Petitioner