No. 23-7528

Aaron Matthew Rentfrow v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure evidence fair-trial juror-misconduct jury-misconduct prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-procedure witness-testimony
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Latest Conference: 2024-06-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred in failing to grant a mistrial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW The district court erred by failing to grant a mistrial. Error in the following four respects, viewed in aggregate, deprived Mr. Rentfrow of his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial: 1) Failing to limit the number of United States Marshals guarding witness Brandon Fritts; 2) Failing to cure the prejudice caused by Fritts’s testimony regarding his risk of death, based on his cooperation with the prosecution; 3) | Admitting photographs of Mr. Czeck because they lacked probative value and inflamed the jury; and 4) Failing to dismiss the two jurors who discussed the case and their safety concerns with each other before deliberations began. i

Docket Entries

2024-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
2024-05-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-05-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 20, 2024)

Attorneys

Aaron Matthew Rentfrow
Thomas C. TurnerOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Thomas C. TurnerOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent