No. 21-7371

Sherman Collins v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2022-03-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-trial cause-challenge civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment juror-bias jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-relationship standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2022-04-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a trial court's erroneous failure to remove for cause jurors with personal and professional relationships with a prosecuting attorney violate the Due Process Clause?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In a capital trial, does a trial court’s erroneous failure to remove for cause jurors that have personal and professional relationships with a prosecuting attorney violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? i

Docket Entries

2022-04-25
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
2022-03-24
Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
2022-03-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 14, 2022)
2022-01-25
Application (21A351) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 7, 2022.
2022-01-20
Application (21A351) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 3, 2022 to March 7, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

State of Alabama
Lauren Ashley SimpsonOffice of the Attorney General State of Alabama, Respondent