No. 19-8378

Joseph Howell v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: absolute-disparity duren-v-missouri fair-cross-section jury-pool jury-selection minority-representation presumption-of-legitimacy sixth-amendment systematic-exclusion venire-study
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a court deny a fair cross-section challenge to the jury pool simply because the 'absolute disparity' is less than 10%, thereby sanctioning the complete exclusion from jury service of minorities that comprise less than 10% of the population?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. May a court deny a fair cross-section challenge to the jury pool simply because the “absolute disparity” is less than 10%, thereby sanctioning the complete exclusion from jury service of minorities that comprise less than 10% of the population? 2. Was the court of appeals’ decision that Petitioner failed to show “systematic exclusion” because his six-month study of the venire was too short contrary to Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357 (1979), in which this Court found an eight-month study to be sufficient? And was it improper for the court of appeals to accord a “presumption of legitimacy” to the challenged jury selection system because the government had undertaken efforts at venire reform? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-04-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 1, 2020)
2020-02-21
Application (19A933) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 24, 2020.
2020-02-11
Application (19A933) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 24, 2020 to April 24, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Joseph Howell
Loren Dougherty StewartFederal Community Defender Office, Petitioner
Loren Dougherty StewartFederal Community Defender Office, Petitioner