No. 23-6154

Jennifer Lynn Dees v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2023-12-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct jury-tampering sixth-amendment trial-integrity
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a trial's verdict validity get impacted if a judge engages in jury tampering as defined under C.R.S. § 18-6-609 violating defendants Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Whether judges, prosecutors, and public defenders are shielded by their respective immunities from accountability for such conduct.

Whether there is an obligation for the state to intervene when a judge deliberately tampers with a criminal jury?

Whether a matter of a judge's jury tampering, if neglected by state authorities, including the judicial commission and the state's highest court, become a case for the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in order to safeguard the constitutional rights of defendants?

Whether the conduct of the court, prosecutors, and Dees' public defender violate Dees' Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, specifically concerning due process, including the right to a fair trial, effective legal representation, an impartial jury and judge, and equitable sentencing?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a trial's verdict validity is impacted by a judge's jury tampering

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2023-11-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2024)

Attorneys

Jennifer L. Dees
Jennifer Lynn Dees — Petitioner