No. 20-7930

Oscar Smith v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2021-05-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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 HarwellFederal Public Defender TNM, Petitioner
Amy Dawn HarwellFederal Public Defender TNM, Petitioner
State of Tennessee
Zachary Thomas HinkleTennessee Attorney General & Reporter, Respondent
Zachary Thomas HinkleTennessee Attorney General & Reporter, Respondent