No. 22-7529

Storm N. Rivera v. New York

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2023-05-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel juror-bias jury-selection mode-of-proceedings mode-of-proceedings-error rape-prosecution sexual-abuse
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-06-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a juror who failed to disclose during jury selection that she was a victim of sexual abuse should have been disqualified

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether a juror who failed to disclose during jury selection that she was a victim of sexual abuse should have been disqualified after she revealed the information in an emotional outburst during deliberations in a rape prosecution? Whether County Court's failure to conduct a probing and tactful inquiry to determine if this juror was grossly unqualified constitutes a mode of proceedings error? Whether defense counsel's ignorance of the proper procedure, and failure to object to the court's insufficient inquiry as to whether the juror was grossly unqualified, constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel? . ie

Docket Entries

2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-05-24
Waiver of right of respondent St. Lawrence County District Attorney's Office to respond filed.
2023-05-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 12, 2023)

Attorneys

St. Lawrence County District Attorney's Office
Matthew L. PeabodySt. Lawrence County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Matthew L. PeabodySt. Lawrence County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Storm N. Rivera
Storm N. Rivera — Petitioner
Storm N. Rivera — Petitioner