No. 24-5591

Guy Benjamin Bowman v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: jury-selection peremptory-strikes racial-bias structural-error trial-procedure voir-dire
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-10-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial court's refusal to ask voir dire questions on racial bias, deprivation of venire information, and usurpation of peremptory strikes constitutes structural error requiring automatic reversal

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the trial court’s refusal to ask of the all-White venire defendant’s voir dire questions on racial bias, deprivation of the defendant of the court’s venire information provided to the Government, and usurpation of the defendant’s peremptory strikes constitutes structural error requiring automatic reversal without a showing of harmfulness. i

Docket Entries

2024-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
2024-09-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-09-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 21, 2024)

Attorneys

Guy Benjamin Bowman
James Richard TheuerJames R. Theuer, PLLC, Petitioner
James Richard TheuerJames R. Theuer, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent