No. 21-5529

Amando Martinez Montealvo v. Iowa

Lower Court: Iowa
Docketed: 2021-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure juror-bias new-trial presumed-bias sex-abuse trial-rights voir-dire
Key Terms:
JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the presumed bias doctrine require a new trial when a juror who was a victim of sex abuse lies during voir dire to serve in a criminal sex abuse case?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented for Review Does the presumed bias doctrine require a new trial when a juror who was a victim of sex abuse lies during voir dire to serve in a criminal sex abuse case?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-09-03
Waiver of right of respondent State of Iowa to respond filed.
2021-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2021)

Attorneys

Amando Montealvo Martinez
Benjamin David BergmannParrish Law Firm, Petitioner
State of Iowa
Kevin CmelikIowa Department of Justice, Respondent