No. 19-6861

Tony L. Henderson v. Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2019-12-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process equal-protection jury-selection race-conscious venire
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a discretionary, race-conscious selection process for the venire called in a particular criminal trial violate the 6th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does a discretionary, race-conscious selection process for the venire called in a particular criminal trial violate the 6th and 148 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States?

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arkansas to respond filed.
2019-11-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)

Attorneys

State of Arkansas
Vincent Moore WagnerOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Tony Henderson
David Armstrong HodgesDavid Hodges Law Firm, Petitioner