No. 19-8800

Justice Jerrell Knight v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2020-06-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-prejudice prejudicial-evidence racial-bias sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated when the State introduces irrelevant evidence at the guilt phase alleging the defendant poses an ongoing risk of violence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED In acapital case in which the defendant’s jury observes him in shackles and jail clothing, and multiple members of the jury expressed the belief that African American people are more likely to engage in violence, are the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments violated when the State introduces irrelevant evidence at the guilt phase alleging the defendant poses an ongoing risk of violence? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-10
Brief of respondent State of Alabama in opposition filed.
2020-07-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 10, 2020.
2020-07-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 27, 2020 to August 10, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-06-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Justice Knight
Ryan Christopher BeckerEqual Justice Initiative, Petitioner
State of Alabama
Richard Dearman AndersonOffice of the Attorney General, State of Alabama, Respondent