No. 21-6661
Alonzo Cortez Johnson v. Jimmy Martin, Warden
IFP
Tags: batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure habeas-corpus jury-selection peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination reconstruction-hearing waiver
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Related Cases:
21-896
(Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Do the normal rules of waiver apply in a situation like this to preclude a reconstruction hearing where the State has failed to offer any reasons for its strikes, either at trial or at any subsequent stage of state or federal appellate litigation?
Are "Batson reconstruction hearings" authorized by the precedents of this Court at all, especially in a case like this one where the jury trial occurred almost a decade ago?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Do the normal rules of waiver apply in a situation like this to preclude a reconstruction hearing where the State has failed to offer any reasons for its strikes, either at trial or at any subsequent stage of state or federal appellate litigation?
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-12-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 19, 2022)
Attorneys
Alonzo Johnson
James L. Hankins — Petitioner
Jimmy Martin