No. 20-7930
IFP
Tags: death-penalty death-sentence due-process fair-trial fundamental-rights juror-bias juror-misconduct procedural-rules state-court-proceedings
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state court violates the federal due process rights of a death-sentenced prisoner who has asserted a colorable claim of juror bias and/or misconduct
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a state court violates the federal due process rights of a deathsentenced prisoner who has asserted a colorable claim of juror bias and/or misconduct when it interprets and applies procedural rules in a manner that deprives the prisoner of any of process to prove that his fundamental right to a fair and impartial jury has been violated? 1
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-10
Reply of petitioner Oscar Smith filed.
2021-05-27
Brief of respondent State of Tennessee in opposition filed.
2021-05-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 4, 2021)
Attorneys
Oscar Smith
Amy Dawn Harwell — Federal Public Defender TNM, Petitioner
Amy Dawn Harwell — Federal Public Defender TNM, Petitioner
State of Tennessee
Zachary Thomas Hinkle — Tennessee Attorney General & Reporter, Respondent
Zachary Thomas Hinkle — Tennessee Attorney General & Reporter, Respondent