No. 19-5132
Kenneth D. Sills v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: batson-v-kentucky constitutional-rights criminal-procedure flowers-v-mississippi ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether certiorari should be granted where trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the prosecution's pretextual explanation for exercising five of its six peremptory challenges on Black jurors, in light of Flowers v. Mississippi
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER CERTIORARI SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN FAILING TO OBJECT TO THE PROSECUTIONS'S . PRETEXTUAL EXPLANATION FOR EXERCISING FIVE OF ITS SIX PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ON BLACK JURORS, IN LIGHT OF FLOWERS V. MISSISSIPPI, _—soU.S. __ (2019? -14
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-07
Waiver of right of respondent Anne L. Precythe to respond filed.
2019-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2019)
Attorneys
Anne L. Precythe
Julie Marie Blake — Missouri Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Julie Marie Blake — Missouri Attorney General's Office, Respondent