No. 18-8490
Bernard Mitchell v. California
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: abuse-of-discretion criminal-street-gangs discretion due-process evidence gang-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-exposure jury-instructions jury-prejudice prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-discretion standard-of-review
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities
SocialSecurity Securities
Latest Conference:
2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the court abuse its discretion in permitting the jury to be exposed to the nicknames 'Crip' and ''Scrap,' which have been taken as a suggestion that appellant and co-defendant belonged to criminal street gangs?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
No question identified. : :
Docket Entries
2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-25
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
2019-03-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2019)
Attorneys
Bernard Mitchell
Bernard Mitchell — Petitioner
California
William Hyunmin Shin — California Department of Justice, Respondent