No. 18-9648

Jamelle Edward Armstrong v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-06-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: african-american batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky due-process equal-protection federal-question jury-selection peremptory-challenges race-neutrality supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-11-01 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the California Supreme Court improperly decide the issue of the race-neutrality of respondent's exercise of its trial peremptory challenges to excuse all four male African-American potential jurors on the venire panel in that said court completely failed to consider the factors mandated to be considered by this Court in Batson v. Kentucky and its progeny to the extent that said court decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with several relevant decisions by this Court?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Did the California Supreme Court improperly decide the issue of the race-neutrality of respondent’s exercise of its trial peremptory challenges to excuse all four male African-American potential jurors on the venire panel in that said court completely failed to consider the factors mandated to be considered by this Court in Batson v. Kentucky! and its progeny to the extent that said court decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with several relevant decisions by this Court?

Docket Entries

2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-10-14
Reply of petitioner Jamelle Edward Armstrong filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
2019-10-10
Brief of respondent People of the State of California in opposition filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
2019-09-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 15, 2019.
2019-09-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 13, 2019 to October 13, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Main DocumentProof of Service
2019-08-19
Supplemental brief of petitioner Jamelle Edward Armstrong filed.
Main DocumentOtherProof of Service
2019-08-14
Response Requested. (Due September 13, 2019)
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-01
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-06-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 15, 2019)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

California
Michael Robert Johnsen — CA Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Michael Robert Johnsen — CA Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Yun K. Lee — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Yun K. Lee — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jamelle Edward Armstrong
Glen Niemy — Petitioner
Glen Niemy — Petitioner
People of the State of California
Yun Kyung Lee — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Yun Kyung Lee — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent