No. 22-5964

Shaun Michael Farrington v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-11-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process impartial-jury implied-bias judicial-discretion jury-impartiality sixth-amendment standing
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2022-12-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury is impacted when circumstances indicate implied bias but the court allows the juror to sit because they proclaimed they can be impartial?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented 1. The circuit courts divide regarding Smith v. Phillips implication of implied bias. This Court should decide whether the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury is impacted when circumstances indicate implied bias but the court allows the juror to sit because they proclaimed they can be impartial? 2. The vehicle exception of the Fourth Amendment allows officers to seize and search the contents of a vehicle without a warrant if probable cause exists. This Court needs to decide whether to extend the vehicle exception to allow officers to conduct an additional warrantless search of the contents of a vehicle after the traffic stop is completed and an initial search was completed? ii

Docket Entries

2022-12-05
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-11-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2022-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2022)

Attorneys

Shaun Farrington
Elizabeth Ann AraguasNidey Erdahl Meier and Araguas, Petitioner
Elizabeth Ann AraguasNidey Erdahl Meier and Araguas, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent