jury-impartiality

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25-5252 Eric David Marrufo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights evidence-admissibility harmless-error jury-deliberation jury-impartiality rule-606b A. Whether the Petitioner was denied his constitutional right to an impartial jury and to a fair trial when the District Court: a. After denying the …
24-7370 Jonathan Davis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure implied-bias juror-disqualification jury-impartiality sixth-amendment I. Does the Constitution require selected jurors to be free from implied bias? II. What standards should apply when assessing an implied bias claim? …
24-6336 Christopher Michael Montoya v. Arizona Arizona 2025-01-17 Denied IFP capital-case constitutional-rights due-process jury-impartiality morgan-precedent peremptory-strikes Did the Arizona Supreme Court deprive Mr. Montoya of the right to an impartial jury and to due process of law guaranteed to him under the Fifth, Sixth…
23-7694 Juan Antonio Hernandez Alvarado, aka Tony Hernandez v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege attorney-communication due-process impartial-jury jury-impartiality law-enforcement-interaction no-contact-rule right-to-counsel waiver 1. Whether, as a matter of federal law, New York's "no-contact" rule, which prohibits an attorney in a case from communicating with a party he or she …
23-6806 Bruce Wayne Harp v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-02-22 Denied IFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process jury jury-impartiality justice-system obstruction-of-justice penal-code pre-trial trial-rights WHEN DOES PENAL CODE 2I.OZ ADULTERATE THE Justice system ,jMstructir /a due process , A WRTRtAL AMD AN IMPARTIAL JURY ?r
23-5711 Mitchell D. Green v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-10-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP admissible-evidence constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury jury-impartiality mistrial trial-rights In Arizona v. Washington, 434 U.S. 497, 98 S.Ct. 824, 54 L.Ed.2d 717 (1978) this Court addressed under what circumstances the Double Jeopardy Clause p…
23A129 Cuhuatemoc Peraita v. Alabama Alabama 2023-08-16 Presumed Complete capital-punishment extraneous-prejudicial-information jury-impartiality mitigation-evidence sixth-amendment waiver-of-rights Whether a capital defendant's waiver of mitigation evidence is knowing and voluntary under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when the defendant suff…
22-7136 Terry Froman v. Ohio Ohio 2023-03-29 Denied IFP 6th-amendment capital-punishment due-process impartial-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-selection jury-impartiality racial-bias right-to-counsel trial-procedure Whether a capital defendant is denied his right to an impartial jury when admittedly racially biased jurors were allowed to determine his guilt and pu…
22-6952 Brian Duane Brookins v. Georgia Georgia 2023-03-07 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process impartial-jury jury-impartiality right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-fairness turner-v-louisiana witness-testimony Did the Sheriff's dual role as prosecution witness and custodian of the jury strip Brookins of his constitutional right to an impartial jury and relia…
22-5964 Shaun Michael Farrington v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process impartial-jury implied-bias judicial-discretion jury-impartiality sixth-amendment standing Whether the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury is impacted when circumstances indicate implied bias but the court allows the juror to sit beca…
22-5550 Corey Bailey v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting confrontation-clause confrontation-rights fair-trial jury-impartiality racketeering-enterprise rico-conspiracy vicar-convictions warrant-exception Did the government prove the existence of a racketeering enterprise?
21-6930 Juan Rivera-George, aka Tio v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation cross-examination-limitation fair-trial hearsay-admission impartial-jury impeachment-evidence jury-bias jury-impartiality sentencing sentencing-disparity sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right Whether Juan Rivera-George was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial by an impartial jury
21-6772 Jerry Lee Canfield v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-error due-process harmless-error jury-bias jury-impartiality jury-selection structural-error voir-dire Whether the Fifth Circuit's newly created rule under the principle of 'interpretati logica' allowing rehabilitation of a biased juror is contrary to t…
21-6490 Earl McCoy v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-02 GVR Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review crime-of-violence fair-trial hobbs-act impartial-jury juror-bias jury-impartiality mcdonough-standard new-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals erred in analyzing the Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to trial by a fair and impartial jury
21-5890 Christopher W. Terrell v. Arkansas Arkansas 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction due-process fair-trial impartiality jury-impartiality jury-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-fairness Is a criminal conviction unconstitutional and in violation of Due Process when a jury does not remain impartial on the question of guilt for the crime…
21-5767 James Felton v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process implicit-bias jury-impartiality jury-selection racial-bias racial-prejudice sixth-amendment voir-dire Does our society's evolving understanding of the impact of implicit bias on jury behavior justify overturning the 'substantial circumstances' test
21-23 Brenda Cook v. West Virginia West Virginia 2021-07-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-impartiality sixth-amendment voir-dire Has the Petitioner's Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment right to an impartial jury been violated?
20-7960 Michael Anthony Carroll v. Michigan Michigan 2021-05-07 Denied IFP due-process fundamental-defect-exception ineffective-assistance interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits jury-impartiality sixth-amendment tad-claims time-limits waiver Whether the statutory time limits imposed by the Interstate Agreement on Detainers are strictly jurisdictional and cannot be waived or proceeded upon …
20-5737 Jesse Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process juror-misconduct jury-impartiality jury-selection religious-bias sex-trafficking sixth-amendment Whether the presence of a juror with religious bias violated the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury
20-5615 Michael Gordon v. United States First Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-prosecution juror-impartiality jury-impartiality jury-selection marijuana-legalization marijuana-prosecution voir-dire When empaneling a jury for a federal marijuana prosecution in a state where marijuana is legal, must the voir dire be more keenly focused on whether a…
19-8419 Erik Wilhelm Traczyk v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-standards due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jury-impartiality jury-selection state-court-proceedings trial-procedure Whether a state court's denial of a federal habeas corpus petition can be appealed to federal court when no state remedy is available
19-6204 James Michael Biela v. Nevada Nevada 2019-10-08 Denied IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-amendments due-process fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-impartiality jury-selection sixth-amendment standard-of-review Whether the Nevada Supreme Court committed error when it applied the wrong standard in failing to grant Mr. Biela relief based upon an unfair and impa…
18-9227 Robert Sparks v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied IFP capital-punishment cross-examination due-process expert-testimony expert-witness false-testimony harmless-error jury-impartiality prosecutorial-misconduct Does cross-examination of a prosecution's expert cure all harm from that expert's repeated false testimony during a capital punishment proceeding, and…
18-9199 Peter Alfred Perez v. Michigan Michigan 2019-05-09 Denied IFP brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure crosby-hearing due-process impartial-jury ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel jury-impartiality mistrial resentencing Did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying relief from judgment based on a violation of the right to an impartial jury and ineffective assist…
18-9045 Kevin Robinson v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison Third Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial impartial-jury ineffective-assistance jury-impartiality self-incrimination sixth-amendment Are trial attorneys obligated to protect every fundamental right entitled to defendants under the United States Constitutional Amendments?
18-8826 Omar Christopher Miller v. United States Second Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process impartial-jury juror-bias jury-impartiality law-enforcement sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury is violated
18-8319 Jason Ray Flick v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion change-of-venue fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-impartiality presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity sixth-amendment Was petitioner denied a fair trial due to the trial court's abuse of discretion?
18-7696 Tony J. Walton v. David Ballard, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP due-process fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury judicial-discretion jury-deliberations jury-impartiality sixth-amendment voir-dire Were the Petitioner's due process right to an impartial jury under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution violated when the trial judg…
18-937 Abelino Manriquez v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation California 2019-01-18 Denied actual-bias capital-case capital-punishment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus implied-bias juror-bias jury-impartiality life-experiences sixth-amendment What test determines whether a juror's life experiences are so similar to facts in the case that the juror must be disqualified for bias under the Six…
18-7145 William Sadowski v. Randy Grounds, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-impartiality police-presence Whether the presence of uniformed police officers during a trial involving the death of a police officer violates a criminal defendant's right to due …
18-7128 Joseph A. Bebo v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2254-standard 28-usc-2254 due-process extraneous-material federal-law habeas-corpus impartial-jury jury-impartiality jury-inquiry supreme-court-review Whether this Court should clarify its jurisprudence on the right to an impartial jury