No. 21-6008

Keyaira Porter v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2021-10-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: appellate-review batson-challenge comparative-juror-analysis criminal-procedure equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination standard-of-review trial-procedure
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a trial court must make express rulings at Batson's third step

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED For over a decade now, Courts have found themselves intractably divided on two important issues regarding the enforcement of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), both squarely presented in this Petition: 1. Whether a trial court must make express rulings at Batson’s third step. 2. Whether an appellate court should consider a comparative juror analysis presented for the first time on appeal. ii

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-10
Reply of petitioner Keyaira Porter filed.
2021-12-01
Brief of respondent Arizona in opposition filed.
2021-11-01
Response Requested. (Due December 1, 2021)
2021-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arizona to respond filed.
2021-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 18, 2021)

Attorneys

Keyaira Porter
Mikel Patrick SteinfeldMaricopa County Office of the Public Defender, Petitioner
Mikel Patrick SteinfeldMaricopa County Office of the Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Arizona
Michael T. O'TooleOffice of the Attorney General, State of Arizona, Respondent
Michael T. O'TooleOffice of the Attorney General, State of Arizona, Respondent