Tony J. Walton v. David Ballard, Warden
SocialSecurity Immigration
Were the Petitioner's due process right to an impartial jury under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution violated when the trial judge failed to conduct voir dire into the potential prejudice after the jury sent a note to the judge during deliberations, stating, 'a juror who came forward yesterday and admitted to judge Blake that she knows the family is now afraid of repercussions from the family. We are unable to move forward at this time.'
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Were the Petitioner's due process right to an impartial jury under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution violated when the trial judge failed to conduct voir dire into the potential prejudice after the jury sent a note to the judge during deliberations, stating, “a juror who came forward yesterday and admitted to judge Blake that she knows the family is now afraid of repercussions from the family. We are unable to move forward at this time.”?