No. 20-7865

Terry Lee Froman v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2021-04-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment constitutional-duty death-penalty fair-trial jury-selection racial-bias structural-error voir-dire
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-06-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does trial counsel have an obligation to conduct a meaningful and comprehensive voir dire as it relates to racial bias, explicit or implicit, of jurors

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1) Does trial counsel have an obligation to conduct a meaningful and comprehensive voir dire as it relates to racial bias, explicit or implicit, of jurors whose responses on their juror questionnaires indicate the presence of a racial bias against the Defendant and where those jurors were selected as members of the panel who would ultimately vote in favor of a death sentence? 2) Where defense counsel abdicates its constitutional duties to voir dire prospective jurors as it relates to racial bias, explicit or implicit, and where the trial court fails to assure the empaneling of an unbiased jury, is structural error present? i

Docket Entries

2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-05-25
Brief of respondent State of Ohio in opposition filed.
2021-04-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 27, 2021)

Attorneys

State of Ohio
David P. FornshellWarren County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
David P. FornshellWarren County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
Terry Froman
Jessica Leigh HoustonThe Office of the Ohio Public Defender, Petitioner
Jessica Leigh HoustonThe Office of the Ohio Public Defender, Petitioner