No. 18-9652
Cedric McDonald v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-selection racial-bias sixth-amendment trial-counsel voir-dire
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective counsel in failing to object to district court's use of a video in voir dire, which was designed to get jurors to think about possible unconscious racial bias?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. WHETHER TRIAL COUNSEL RENDERED INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL IN FAILING TO OBJECT TO DISTRICT COURT’S USE OF A VIDEO IN VOIR DIRE, WHICH WAS DESINGED TO GET JURORS TO THINK ABOUT POSSIBLE UNCONSCIOUS RACIAL BIAS? ]
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-06-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 15, 2019)
Attorneys
Cedric McDonald
Rockne Cole — Cole Law Firm, PC, Petitioner
Rockne Cole — Cole Law Firm, PC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent