No. 25-5579

Kevin Marvell Jackson v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-trial due-process fifth-amendment judicial-coercion jury-instructions sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-10-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court violated petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights by issuing repeated instructions that foreclosed the possibility of a hung jury and risked being unduly coercive

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the district violate d petitioner’s Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to due process and a fair trial by issuing repeated instructions that foreclos ed the possibility of a hung jury and risked being unduly coercive, and by responding to a note from the deliberating jury by issuing a further instruction that encouraged a verdict in favor of the prosecution.

Docket Entries

2025-10-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-09-24
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-09-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-09-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 8, 2025)

Attorneys

Kevin Jackson
Gail Kathryn JohnsonJohnson & Klein, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent