No. 21-6771

Charles Reddicks v. Massachusetts

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2022-01-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-records equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-selection race-neutral racial-discrimination sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-02-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether permitting the Government to run criminal records for potential jurors, then use the records of the record check to strike jurors of color, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the right to an impartial jury under the Sixth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether permitting the Government to run criminal records for potential jurors, then use the records of the record check to strike jurors of color, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the right to an impartial jury under the Sixth Amendment. |

Docket Entries

2022-02-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
2022-02-07
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Massachusetts to respond filed.
2021-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2022)

Attorneys

Charles Reddicks
Rosemary Curran ScapicchioLaw Office of Rosemary Curran Scapicchio, Petitioner
Rosemary Curran ScapicchioLaw Office of Rosemary Curran Scapicchio, Petitioner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Anna E. LumelskyMassachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Anna E. LumelskyMassachusetts Attorney General's Office, Respondent