No. 22-6678

Cortez Watts v. Mississippi

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2023-02-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extraneous-evidence impartial-jury juror-misconduct jury-bias jury-selection trial-procedure
Latest Conference: 2023-02-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court properly applied the Darden test of Juror Misconduct

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2023-02-27
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
2023-02-06
Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
2023-01-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 3, 2023)

Attorneys

Cortez Watts
Cortez Watts — Petitioner
Cortez Watts — Petitioner
Mississippi
Ashley Lauren SulserOffice of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent
Ashley Lauren SulserOffice of the Mississippi Attorney General, Respondent