No. 22-5789

Rodney Donta Jackson v. Minnesota

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2022-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process juror-misconduct post-verdict-hearing post-verdict-hearings public-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure
Latest Conference: 2022-12-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Does the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial extend to postverdict hearings investigating potential juror misconduct?

II. Is the remedy for a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial at a post-verdict hearing investigating potential juror misconduct a new trial, or is it merely a redo of the portion of the hearing that had been improperly closed?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial extend to postverdict hearings investigating potential juror misconduct?

Docket Entries

2022-12-05
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-11-10
Waiver of right of respondent State of Minnesota to respond filed.
2022-10-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 7, 2022)

Attorneys

Rodney Jackson
Cathryn Young MiddlebrookMinnesota Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
State of Minnesota
Brittany Dawn LawonnHennepin County Attorney's Office, Respondent