No. 20-633

Byron David Smith v. Jeff Titus, Warden

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)
Tags: aedpa antiterrorism-act criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process habeas-corpus public-trial sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19 (distributed 5 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment's public trial guarantee, within the AEDPA, applies to all phases of a criminal trial or only to pretrial suppression hearings and juror voir dire

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented by this petition is whether the Sixth Amendment’s public trial guarantee, within the review apparatus imposed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) applies (1) to all phases of a defendant’s criminal trial; or (2) only to pretrial suppression hearings and juror voir dire.

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-633_f2qg.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2021-03-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-03-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2021-02-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
2021-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-14
Brief of respondent Jeff Titus, Warden in opposition filed.
2020-12-15
Response Requested. (Due January 14, 2021)
2020-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-19
Waiver of right of respondent Jeff Titus, Warden to respond filed.
2020-11-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Byron Smith
Steven Jay MeshbesherMeshbesher & Associates, Petitioner
Steven Jay MeshbesherMeshbesher & Associates, Petitioner
Jeff Titus, Warden
Nicholas Andrew HydukovichWashington County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Nicholas Andrew HydukovichWashington County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Brent D. WartnerWashington County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Brent D. WartnerWashington County Attorney's Office, Respondent